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Stephan
Stephan

Reputation: 384

How to launch Windows Terminal with Multiple Tabs?

I am attempting to use startupActions to launch a second tab when Windows Terminal launches with no luck.

My default shell is WSL, so I have the following in my settings.json:

  "startupActions": "; new-tab -p PowerShell",

I've tried it without the semi-colon and without the -p flag as well.

Here is the settings.json minus the color schemes:

 {
    "$help": "https://aka.ms/terminal-documentation",
    "$schema": "https://aka.ms/terminal-profiles-schema",
    "actions":
    [
        {
            "command":
            {
                "action": "copy",
                "singleLine": false
            },
            "keys": "ctrl+c"
        },
        {
            "command": "paste",
            "keys": "ctrl+v"
        },
        {
            "command": "find",
            "keys": "ctrl+shift+f"
        },
        {
            "command":
            {
                "action": "splitPane",
                "split": "auto",
                "splitMode": "duplicate"
            },
            "keys": "alt+shift+d"
        }
    ],
    "centerOnLaunch": true,
    "copyFormatting": "none",
    "copyOnSelect": false,
    "defaultProfile": "{2c4de342-38b7-51cf-b940-2309a097f518}",
    "initialCols": 98,
    "initialRows": 24,
    "showTerminalTitleInTitlebar": false,
    "startupActions": "; new-tab -p PowerShell",
    "useAcrylicInTabRow": true,
    "profiles":
    {
        "defaults":
        {
            "colorScheme": "Dracula",
            "cursorShape": "filledBox",
            "elevate": true,
            "font":
            {
                "face": "MesloLGS NF",
                "size": 12
            },
            "startingDirectory": null
        },
        "list":
        [
            {
                "antialiasingMode": "cleartype",
                "experimental.retroTerminalEffect": false,
                "guid": "{0caa0dad-35be-5f56-a8ff-afceeeaa6101}",
                "hidden": false,
                "name": "Command Prompt",
                "opacity": 75,
                "useAcrylic": true
            },
            {
                "guid": "{b453ae62-4e3d-5e58-b989-0a998ec441b8}",
                "hidden": true,
                "name": "Azure Cloud Shell",
                "opacity": 75,
                "source": "Windows.Terminal.Azure",
                "useAcrylic": true
            },
            {
                "antialiasingMode": "cleartype",
                "experimental.retroTerminalEffect": false,
                "font":
                {
                    "size": 12
                },
                "guid": "{2c4de342-38b7-51cf-b940-2309a097f518}",
                "hidden": false,
                "name": "Ubuntu",
                "opacity": 75,
                "scrollbarState": "visible",
                "source": "Windows.Terminal.Wsl",
                "startingDirectory": "\\\\wsl$\\Ubuntu\\home\\steve",
                "suppressApplicationTitle": true,
                "tabColor": "#BD93F9",
                "tabTitle": "Ubuntu 20.04",
                "useAcrylic": true
            },
            {
                "antialiasingMode": "cleartype",
                "experimental.retroTerminalEffect": false,
                "font":
                {
                    "face": "Fira Code Retina"
                },
                "guid": "{574e775e-4f2a-5b96-ac1e-a2962a402336}",
                "hidden": false,
                "name": "PowerShell",
                "opacity": 75,
                "source": "Windows.Terminal.PowershellCore",
                "tabColor": "#6272A4",
                "useAcrylic": true
            }
        ]
    }
}

Upvotes: 3

Views: 5017

Answers (2)

ilham76c
ilham76c

Reputation: 71

If the goal is to open multiple tabs or split tabs in WSL terminal, you can use Tmux.
Install Tmux from your WSL terminal, then run the tmux command to use it.

Tmux basics keyboard shortcuts:

  • Ctrl + b and then % -> to split the current pane vertically

  • Ctrl + b and then "  -> to split the current pane horizontally

  • Ctrl + b and then x  -> to close the current pane

  • Ctrl + B and then C  -> To open a new tab

  • Ctrl + b and then n  -> to go to the next tab on the right

  • Ctrl + b and then p  -> to go to the previous tab on the left

  • Ctrl + b and then {number}  -> to go to the tab with number equal to {number} (e.g. 0 to go to the first tab)

Upvotes: 1

zadjii
zadjii

Reputation: 684

"elevate": true is your culprit here. You can't have mixed-elevation of tabs in the same window. Admin and non-admin windows need to stay separate. So when you launch those startupActions, the Terminal automatically creates a new admin window to host the powershell tab (which you've set to always run as admin).

Removing that setting from your powershell profile should work.

Upvotes: 1

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