Bug 458135

Summary:	Add an option to open files in a new tab
Product:	[Applications] kate	Reporter:	popov895 <popov895>
Component:	kwrite	Assignee:	KWrite Developers <kwrite-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED INTENTIONAL
Severity:	normal	CC:	christoph, popov895, waqar.17a
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	22.08.0
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
Sentry Crash Report:
Attachments:	Okular

Description popov895 2022-08-21 09:35:12 UTC

SUMMARY

Since version 22.08 KWrite supports tabs, but opening a file from the file manager opens it in a new window instead of a new tab. And there is no option to change this behavior. It's worth adding an option in the settings to configure this behavior, as well as a command line option (like -u in Kate).

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS

Operating System: Fedora Linux 36
KDE Plasma Version: 5.25.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.97.0
Qt Version: 5.15.5
Graphics Platform: X11

Comment 1 Christoph Cullmann 2022-08-21 20:07:58 UTC

Hi, there needs to be a feature distinction between Kate & KWrite.

Kate supports exactly what you want, we won't start to implement single instance handling in KWrite, too.

Please just switch to use Kate, if you need such advanced features.

Comment 2 popov895 2022-08-21 20:25:59 UTC

Sorry, but in this case, the whole point of tabs in KWrite is lost. I thought that KWrite is Kate, but without plugins and sessions.

Comment 3 Waqar Ahmed 2022-08-21 20:54:13 UTC

On the other hand we have users complaining why we added Tabs in the first place and that Kwrite should always open a new window for every file ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Comment 4 Christoph Cullmann 2022-08-21 20:56:37 UTC

We can't make everybody happy, that is life.

Comment 5 popov895 2022-08-21 21:16:24 UTC

Created attachment 151490 [details]
Okular

> We can't make everybody happy, that is life.

You can;)