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DaVince

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From: Amsterdam, Netherlands

Registered: 2014-09-24

Posts: 2

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Mousepad - How to open file in new tab?

Hi,

Whenever I open a text file in the file manager (Thunar), a new instance of Mousepad opens, showing the file. When I open multiple files, it will open them all in a single window with a tab for each text file. But then, when I open a single file again... it does that in a new window/instance.

I'd like for Mousepad to just open this text file as a new tab in the existing instance. Is there any way to force this (like a command line flag)?

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ToZ

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From: Canada

Registered: 2011-06-02

Posts: 11,485

Re: Mousepad - How to open file in new tab?

Currently, it can't be done. I was thinking the same would be a nice feature and your post prompted me to create a feature request. Lets see if it gets some traction.

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DaVince

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From: Amsterdam, Netherlands

Registered: 2014-09-24

Posts: 2

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Re: Mousepad - How to open file in new tab?

I see. Thanks for the info, and thank you very much for creating the feature request.

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XUbuntu 14.04, Xfce 4.10.

KBar

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Registered: 2021-11-05

Posts: 689

Re: Mousepad - How to open file in new tab?

For anyone on Xubuntu 20.04, this feature was implemented in version 0.4.90 of Mousepad (released in 2020-11-20). We have got to wait until 22.04 comes out, upgrade to Impish or compile from source.

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