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Allow opening new tab/pane in same directory #8980

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opened 2026-01-31 01:42:54 +00:00 by claunia · 2 comments
claunia commented 2026-01-31 01:42:54 +00:00
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Originally created by @JelteF on GitHub (Jun 12, 2020).

Description of the new feature/enhancement

When opening a new tab or new pane it's nice if it opens in the same directory as the pane that it's being opened from. That way you don't have to cd again to the same directory.

Terminator, supports this as well as XFCE4 terminal (and probably more).

This was also suggested here: https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/issues/532#issuecomment-515180163

I guess it's nice if this is also linked in #1000

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@zadjii-msft responded to the original comment with this:

I'm not sure that's possible. Do all processes (including pico-processes used by WSL) have a current working directory? Is it possible for us to query that value from a child process? What if there are multiple processes attached to the console simultaneously, how do we pick which process's working directory to use?

Not saying that it's straight-up impossible, just that it's very unlikely and definitely deserves it's own thread to discuss and spec.

I don't think this needs to be thought of as this complex. I think all other terminal emulators simply use the cwd of the outer process. If you have spawned a subshell, the cwd of that one is simply ignored.

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claunia commented 2026-01-31 01:42:55 +00:00
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@DHowett commented on GitHub (Jun 12, 2020):

There's also /dup #3158, the solution to which should also help this

@DHowett commented on GitHub (Jun 12, 2020): There's also /dup #3158, the solution to which should also help this
claunia commented 2026-01-31 01:42:56 +00:00
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@ghost commented on GitHub (Jun 12, 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 (Jun 12, 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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