microsoft / microsoft/terminal
spawn new tab in quake window with `wt -w 0`
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- C++
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Description
### Windows Terminal version (or Windows build number)
Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.22000.0 (Windows 11 dev preview)
### Steps to reproduce
open quake window with windows + `
Run wt -w 0 nt
### Expected Behavior
Opens new tab in same window.
### Actual Behavior
Opens a new tab in a separate window → follow-up commands use that same window.
#### PS.
(if this is a dupe, I swear I searched)
Contributor guide
Research direction
Reproduce the issue by opening the quake window and running `wt -w 0 nt` on Windows 11. Trace the Windows Terminal command-line handling for the `-w 0` target; done means the command opens a new tab in the existing quake window rather than a separate window.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100