** Description changed:
Impact
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GNOME Terminal removed the New Tab menu option before Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. Tabs
are a really popular feature in terminals and it's annoying to have this
feature hidden.
Test Case
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Install the update.
Close all terminals.
Open a terminal.
In the File menu should be New Tab and New Window menu items. Both should
work.
Regression Potential
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Restoring the previous behavior is now a one-line hidden configure option.
Enabling that option removes the "Open new terminals in" option
mentioned in the workaround.
- This build option is set in Fedora and is not believed to have any
- negative consequences.
+ This build option is set in Fedora (and other distros that use the
+ Fedora tweaks) and is not believed to have any negative consequences.
Other Info
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There are no plans at this time to try to backport this change to Ubuntu
16.04 LTS or 17.10 because it would not be a simple one-line change there. (The
configure flag was enabled in git commit 0820b385 .)
https://debarshiray.wordpress.com/2018/05/11/gnome-terminal-separate-
menu-items-for-opening-tabs-and-windows/
Workaround
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In Edit > Preferences (General) you can set "Open new terminals in Tab". Now,
the File > New Window menu item opens a new tab instead of a new window.
Original Bug Report
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There is not a "New Tab" option in the file menu of GNOME Terminal anymore on
Ubuntu Bionic. It looks like it disappeared after some recent update. However,
the CTRL + Shift + T shortcut works as expected.
** Changed in: gnome-terminal (Ubuntu Bionic)
Status: Triaged => In Progress
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"New Tab" disappeared from the GNOME Terminal menu
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