[Feature Request] Setting to open new tabs in the same folder as the one on which a new tab (shortcut) is invoked

[vivekragunathan]

There is currently a setting (see above) that sets the starting/working directory when you open a new shell. It would be fantastic if there's a setting to open the new shell/tab in the same directory as the one on which you hit Cmd+T.

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[Eugeny]

Actually it should already do that on Linux and macOS - is this not the case for you?

[vivekragunathan]

What I meant was ...

If I am in a directory ~/Projects/terminus, and open a new tab, the new tab should open in the same directory instead of the working directory configured. So, the working directory should be a list of

• home directory
• same directory as last tab
• custom (and let the user enter a directory path)
• ...

[Eugeny]

As said, this is already an implemented feature - if it's not working for you, I'll need to know at least what platform you're on.

[Zakhse]

@Eugeny But can it be implemented for Windows with WSL?

[Eugeny]

Unfortunately I wasn't able to find a reliable way to determine other process' working directory on Windows that wouldn't require administrator permissions - I'll keep this ticket open until then!

[vivekragunathan]

I am on Mac (Mojave). Unfortunately, Terminus, like the past few times, is not bringing up the window at all to get you anymore information.

I can't figure when and why that no window situation happens. I can say with 50% confidence that it happens when the settings window is open.

I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling, and i am gonna try the same later tonight.

[klassicd]

This is not working on Mac Mojave either. When I try to open a new tab, it opens to my HOME directory and not the directory of the last tab I was on. Would really this feature as new tabs almost always related to the codebase I'm currently working on.

[Eugeny]

@klassicd it's supposed to be pretty reliable on macOS - is Terminus opening new tabs in $HOME every time?

[IgnusG]

Does/or could terminus send some kind of signal to the shell running in a tab on blur? If yes, the shell could take care of handling the tracking and setting of the directory for new tabs.

There already are a few plugins that achieve something similar but track working dir only on directory change or command execution (which is sub-optimal).

[Eugeny]

I've made a separate ticket to track Windows CWD detection issues: #1703

[perasovic]

Can confirm on Mac (Mojave 10.14.6), Terminus 1.0.112

alwaysUseWorkingDirectory: false

If Settings Window is open or not does not seem to matter.

[stefangweichinger]

Sorry for hijacking this: I can't find the setting in Linux. As far as I understand under linux this should work?

I run tabby-1.0.201 ... thanks!

[techmaved]

Sorry for hijacking this: I can't find the setting in Linux. As far as I understand under linux this should work?

I run tabby-1.0.201 ... thanks!

I think in previous version there was a gui setting for it. In the meanwhile you can set this in your config file.

terminal:
   ...
  alwaysUseWorkingDirectory: true