Open "popup" consoles in a new tab or pane (e.g. if a script runs start cmd) #5492

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opened 2026-01-31 00:14:39 +00:00 by claunia · 0 comments
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Originally created by @Danation on GitHub (Dec 10, 2019).

Description of the new feature/enhancement

Some scripts open new consoles to run multiple tasks concurrently. For example, a script might run a web server while also running a watch command on source files.

Right now if something like start cmd is called, a new window is popped up. It would be nice to contain that inside Windows Terminal and open it in a new tab or new pane.

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It seems like it would be convenient to have a global setting for how to handle popups. The default could retain current behavior, but a user could choose "new tab" or "new horizontal pane" or something along those lines.

(Forgive me if this has already been asked. I looked around quite a bit for this, but I could have missed it.)

Originally created by @Danation on GitHub (Dec 10, 2019). # Description of the new feature/enhancement Some scripts open new consoles to run multiple tasks concurrently. For example, a script might run a web server while also running a watch command on source files. Right now if something like `start cmd` is called, a new window is popped up. It would be nice to contain that inside Windows Terminal and open it in a new tab or new pane. # Proposed technical implementation details (optional) It seems like it would be convenient to have a global setting for how to handle popups. The default could retain current behavior, but a user could choose "new tab" or "new horizontal pane" or something along those lines. (Forgive me if this has already been asked. I looked around quite a bit for this, but I could have missed it.)
claunia added the Issue-FeatureResolution-Duplicate labels 2026-01-31 00:14:39 +00:00
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Reference: starred/terminal#5492