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How to choose where new windows open in TabStack
Published by BetterStage · Instructions for our macOS app; detailed feature reference is linked below.
Steps
- 1
Open Settings → Window Modes → Modes & Behavior and set New window destination to Automatic, Active pane, Adjacent pane, or Own pane.
- 2
If you pick Adjacent pane, also set Preferred direction.
- 3
App Routing rules and Launch App Here still override this picker.
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