microsoft / microsoft/terminal
Terminal windows opened from Windows Explorer via double click cannot join with existing terminal sessions
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Description
> **Note**: 📌 Pinned comment: **https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/issues/15509#issuecomment-1592021826**
### Windows Terminal version
1.18.1462.0
### Windows build number
10.0.19045.3031
### Other Software
Any program that spawns a terminal window
### Steps to reproduce
When the default terminal application is set to the Windows Terminal (preview, in this case), programs, such as servers, that open a terminal window will have windows whose tabs cannot join with regular terminal windows.
### Expected Behavior
Any instance of Windows Terminal may join into any other window.
### Actual Behavior
The spawned terminal window will not be able to join with an existing terminal group. The "Move" popup does not appear, and the tab will not join into the existing window.
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Research direction
Reproduce the issue by setting Windows Terminal Preview as the default terminal, then launching a program such as a server from Windows Explorer. Trace how the spawned window is associated with existing terminal groups; done means its tab can show the Move popup and join an existing window.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- cli, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100