Feature Request: CMD's "start" command should open new tab instead of new window

[rajan-31]

Description of the new feature/enhancement

Feature:

CMD's "start" command should open new tab instead of new window

OR

any other option to run command in separate tabs (like we open new tabs of specific terminal).

Example:

start npm run startMongo && start npm run local

Expected: It should open two tabs of "Windows Terminal" running each command

Current Behavior: It opens two separate windows of CMD (also they are not Windows Terminal windows)

Proposed technical implementation details (optional)

Not sure about solution

As per my knowledge currently it is not possible to open tabs with command in same instance, but like we can open new tabs of specific terminals using

wt -p "Command Prompt" ; new-tab -p "Windows PowerShell"

like this we can add new option to run the command in new tab.

Example: assume that the new option is "--run"

wt --run "npm run startMongo" -p "Command Prompt" ; new-tab --run "npm run local" -p "Windows PowerShell"

[LuanVSO]

try wt --window 0 -p "Command Prompt" npm run startMongo; -p "Windows PowerShell" npm run local

[rajan-31]

I got,

[error 0x80070002 when launching `npm run startMongo']

&

[error 0x80070002 when launching `npm run local']

[zadjii-msft]

FYI when there's support for "setting the default terminal" (#492), then start foo.exe will open up foo.exe in a new WT tab.

For now, you'll need to use the wt -w option. @rajan-31 out of curiousity, is your default profile a WSL profile? If you're trying to run a WSL commandline, you'll need to make sure to prefix the command with wsl.exe -d {Whatever-Distro-You-Have-Installed}, like wt -w 0 -- wsl -d Ubuntu npm run startMongo

/dup #492
/dup #4472

[ghost]

Hi! We've identified this issue as a duplicate of another one that already exists on this Issue Tracker. This specific instance is being closed in favor of tracking the concern over on the referenced thread. Thanks for your report!