[konsole] [Bug 506363] New: Add an option to open new windows as tabs like in Dolphin

[Tomaz Canabrava]

is `run every konsole window as single process` selected in your settings?






On Sun, Jun 29, 2025 at 9:28 PM Damglador <bugzilla_noreply at kde.org> wrote:

> https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=506363
>
>             Bug ID: 506363
>            Summary: Add an option to open new windows as tabs like in
>                     Dolphin
>     Classification: Applications
>            Product: konsole
>       Version First 25.04.2
>        Reported In:
>           Platform: Other
>                 OS: Linux
>             Status: REPORTED
>           Severity: wishlist
>           Priority: NOR
>          Component: general
>           Assignee: konsole-devel at kde.org
>           Reporter: vse.stopchanskyi at gmail.com
>   Target Milestone: ---
>
> SUMMARY
> When I need a new terminal, I can choose to open a tab, but some programs
> just
> use the konsole binary directly, so I can't even add a console script in
> PATH
> that will make them open a new tab. And when window is already open, it's
> impossible to merge it as a tab to another window, but it's possible to
> make a
> window out of a tab, so I don't miss out on anything when all new terminals
> open as tabs.
>
> SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
> Operating System: Arch Linux
> KDE Plasma Version: 6.4.1
> KDE Frameworks Version: 6.15.0
> Qt Version: 6.9.1
> Kernel Version: 6.15.4-zen2-1-zen (64-bit)
> Graphics Platform: Wayland
> Processors: 12 × AMD Ryzen 5 5600H with Radeon Graphics
> Memory: 16 GiB of RAM (13.5 GiB usable)
> Graphics Processor 1: AMD Radeon Graphics
> Graphics Processor 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU
>
> ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
>
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