Bug 498975

Summary:	saved tab layout cannot be restored
Product:	[Applications] konsole	Reporter:	Vadym Krevs <vkrevs>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Konsole Bugs <konsole-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED INTENTIONAL
Severity:	normal	CC:	john.kizer, vkrevs
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	24.12.1
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Vadym Krevs 2025-01-21 18:40:10 UTC

SUMMARY


STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1.  Open Konsole, and create 6 new tabs.
2.  Use Ctrl-Alt-S to give each of these tabs different names.
3.  View->Save tab layout
4. Quit and start Konsole again. Only 1 tab titled "bash" is shown
5. View->Load tab layout and load previously saved file.

OBSERVED RESULT
2 tabs called "bash" are opened

EXPECTED RESULT
All previous tabs saved at step 3 are opened and have their respective names.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: openSUSE Leap 15.6
KDE Plasma Version: 6.2.90
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.10.0
Qt Version: 6.8.1
Kernel Version: 6.4.0-150600.23.33-default (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: X11
Graphics Processor: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti

Comment 1 John Kizer 2025-01-24 20:01:53 UTC

Hi - the "Tab Layout" in those Save/Load menu items refers to the layout of Split Views within that tab. For example, if you set up a tab with 1 tall terminal on the left and two shorter terminals on the right (top/bottom split), you can save that arrangement with Save Tab Layout and then restore it with Load Tab Layout.

The feature it sounds like you're looking for is managed through config files and the command-line, and is described on this page in the --tabs-from-file section: https://docs.kde.org/stable5/en/konsole/konsole/command-line-options.html

Thanks!

Comment 2 Vadym Krevs 2025-01-24 23:28:33 UTC

John - thank you very much for the docs link, this is exactly what I was looking for.