Setting to allow multiple instances of a program

mt_arch_user · 2024-07-20 07:14:58

I'm ashamed to have to ask for help on this one, but I simply, after searching for nearly three hours, cannot find the answer.

On my desktop, multiple clicks of the Konsole icon in the panel result in multiple instances of Konsole on my screen.
On my wife's desktop multiple clicks of the Konsole icon in the panel result in multiple tabs opened in a single instance.

My question is Where is the setting that controls this action?
It has to be in the system somewhere, not in Konsole's settings as Dolphin, Firefox, Libreoffice all respond the same way.

I prefer the results that occur on my desktop. At the command line, I often need to open another window to bring up the man page for the command I want to use.
Switching between tabs is nowhere as convenient as having two windows.
I also do this when updating all 5 computers on my system at the same time. Multiple windows allow me to monitor the whole process at the same time.

Bart

Lone_Wolf · 2024-07-20 17:27:31

There's a difference between one instance of a program running in multiple windows and running multiple instances of a program .
You may be seeing the first effect.

Icons on desktop , panel or menu usually start .desktop files and can have special settings.
It sounds like the icons on those 2 systems don't start the same way.

Since it's multiple applications I'd start looking in kde settings .
Options that have to do with 'open in new window' and/or 'open in new tab' could have the effect you're describing .

Trilby · 2024-07-20 17:35:02

System Settings -> Window Behavior -> Window Tabbing -> Uncheck the option "Automatically group similar windows under window tabbing"

At least that used to be where it was.

seth · 2024-07-20 18:18:20

On my wife's desktop multiple clicks of the Konsole icon in the panel result in multiple tabs opened in a single instance.

We'll need a clarification on the condition because at least konsole, dolphin and FF support tabbed windows and IPC to trigger those, but from https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=473907 you'd need to run "konsole --new-tab" explicitly in that case.

For the WM based tabs, you should be able to detach and regroup them at will.

Oh, and obligatory: https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/tmux/

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#1 2024-07-20 07:14:58

Setting to allow multiple instances of a program

#2 2024-07-20 17:27:31

Re: Setting to allow multiple instances of a program

#3 2024-07-20 17:35:02

Re: Setting to allow multiple instances of a program

#4 2024-07-20 18:18:20

Re: Setting to allow multiple instances of a program

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