Xfce Forum

dowx

Member

Registered: 2018-12-29

Posts: 31

Open new tab in Xfce4-terminal (and Firefox) instead of new window

Hi,
If Thunar is already running and I try to open new Thunar instance it opens new tab instead.
Is it possible to set this behavior in Xfce4-terminal and Firefox?
My system: Xubuntu 20.04

ToZ

Administrator

From: Canada

Registered: 2011-06-02

Posts: 11,486

Re: Open new tab in Xfce4-terminal (and Firefox) instead of new window

If Thunar is already running and I try to open new Thunar instance it opens new tab instead.

How are you doing this? Thunar doesn't have this functionality. Are you pressing Ctrl+t from within an existing thunar window? Or automating a thunar start to do that? Or, which menuing system are you using to start thunar?

Is it possible to set this behavior in Xfce4-terminal and Firefox?

xfce4-terminal has a "--tab" parameter. You can change the existing menu item to start "xfce4-terminal --tab". You can do something similar with firefox by changing the menu item to run "firefox about:newtab"

---

Please remember to mark your thread [SOLVED] to make it easier for others to find
--- How To Ask For Help | FAQ | Developer Wiki  |  Community | Contribute ---

dowx

Member

Registered: 2018-12-29

Posts: 31

Re: Open new tab in Xfce4-terminal (and Firefox) instead of new window

There's an option for this in Thunar's settings.

Is it possible to set this behavior in Xfce4-terminal and Firefox?

xfce4-terminal has a "--tab" parameter. You can change the existing menu item to start "xfce4-terminal --tab". You can do something similar with firefox by changing the menu item to run "firefox about:newtab"

I already tested panel's launcher with --tab option. It opens additional instance of terminal with 2 tabs already opened It works properly only when executed from terminal's commandline.

Firefox shortcut works.

Last edited by dowx (2020-08-26 14:23:19)

ToZ

Administrator

From: Canada

Registered: 2011-06-02

Posts: 11,486

Re: Open new tab in Xfce4-terminal (and Firefox) instead of new window

Ah, I forgot about that option.

For xfce4-terminal, use the following command:

 bash -c "pgrep xfce4-terminal && xfce4-terminal --tab || xfce4-terminal"

Basically that means if xfce4-terminal s running, use the "--tab" parameter, otherwise not.

---

Please remember to mark your thread [SOLVED] to make it easier for others to find
--- How To Ask For Help | FAQ | Developer Wiki  |  Community | Contribute ---

dowx

Member

Registered: 2018-12-29

Posts: 31

Re: Open new tab in Xfce4-terminal (and Firefox) instead of new window

Works perfectly. Thank you.