microsoft / microsoft/terminal
Add each pane as an individual tab item at the top-level tab strip
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Area-UserInterface
Issue-Feature
Product-Terminal
- Dominant language
- C++
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Description
Some people may want to use different tabs to identify their split panes.
It solves the same problem as #4717, but takes a different approach. It's worth considering when #4717 has not been resolved.
Here's ConEmu's implementation:

Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
No file, test, or entry point is named. Start by reviewing issue #4717 and the linked ConEmu implementation, then determine the expected top-level tab behavior and acceptance criteria before locating the Windows Terminal tab-strip code.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- cli, desktop
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100