SUMMARY Since 18.12.0, it seems the behavior added in https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=240037 was reverted. I used this feature often to open a temporary tab : ctrl+shift+d, type a few commands, then ctrl+d returned to the previous working tab. STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. open two tabs 2. focus the first tab 3. open a third tab => new tab added at the end 4. close the third tab OBSERVED RESULT The second tab (last) is focused. EXPECTED RESULT The first tab (previously active one) is focused. SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS KDE Plasma Version: 5.14.5 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.55.0 Qt Version: 5.11.3 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Regression from https://cgit.kde.org/konsole.git/commit/?id=83ebda5bf4a31405af53fe8dc18797fb32fd6d5e
I don't know when it was fixed, but this is now working as previously on 19.08.2.