Add option to always start terminal with multiple tabs #6519

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opened 2026-01-31 00:40:47 +00:00 by claunia · 3 comments
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Originally created by @ladal1 on GitHub (Feb 18, 2020).

Description of the new feature/enhancement

One of IMHO biggest strengths of terminal is the possibility of having multiple different cli open at the same time, just in different tabs. However as far as I can see, there doesn't appear to be a simple option how to make terminal start out with multiple different tabs already open. That would speed up work for somebody who often has to switch in between different enviroments, and while loving terminal, I'm a little sick of having to open a new tab right after opening the window because i need a different prompt then my default. (I might have just been blind and missed this in the schema, but I hope I didn't)

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Argument inside profiles.json, where an array of starting tabs - by GUID - could be added. When kept unset, terminal would just default back to using defaultProfile tab as its base tab

Originally created by @ladal1 on GitHub (Feb 18, 2020). # Description of the new feature/enhancement One of IMHO biggest strengths of terminal is the possibility of having multiple different cli open at the same time, just in different tabs. However as far as I can see, there doesn't appear to be a simple option how to make terminal start out with multiple different tabs already open. That would speed up work for somebody who often has to switch in between different enviroments, and while loving terminal, I'm a little sick of having to open a new tab right after opening the window because i need a different prompt then my default. (I might have just been blind and missed this in the schema, but I hope I didn't) # Proposed technical implementation details (optional) Argument inside profiles.json, where an array of starting tabs - by GUID - could be added. When kept unset, terminal would just default back to using defaultProfile tab as its base tab
claunia added the Issue-FeatureResolution-Duplicate labels 2026-01-31 00:40:47 +00:00
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@DHowett-MSFT commented on GitHub (Feb 18, 2020):

/dup #756

@DHowett-MSFT commented on GitHub (Feb 18, 2020): /dup #756
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@ghost commented on GitHub (Feb 18, 2020):

Hi! We've identified this issue as a duplicate of another one that already exists on this Issue Tracker. This specific instance is being closed in favor of tracking the concern over on the referenced thread. Thanks for your report!

@ghost commented on GitHub (Feb 18, 2020): Hi! We've identified this issue as a duplicate of another one that already exists on this Issue Tracker. This specific instance is being closed in favor of tracking the concern over on the referenced thread. Thanks for your report!
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@DHowett-MSFT commented on GitHub (Feb 18, 2020):

And as of 0.9 you can do wt -p cmd ; -p cmd ; -p cmd or whatever profile you want to launch.

@DHowett-MSFT commented on GitHub (Feb 18, 2020): And as of 0.9 you can do `wt -p cmd ; -p cmd ; -p cmd` or whatever profile you want to launch.
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Reference: starred/terminal#6519