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How to choose where new windows open in TabStack

Steps

  1. 1

    Open Settings → Window Modes → Modes & Behavior and set New window destination to Automatic, Active pane, Adjacent pane, or Own pane.

  2. 2

    If you pick Adjacent pane, also set Preferred direction.

  3. 3

    App Routing rules and Launch App Here still override this picker.

More detail: /docs/tabstack

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