From af1e2887bddc0a0379bb6e580dc4a7dce84f022d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ronan Kearns <90280289+kearns-cu@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2026 22:09:08 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] fix(app): open terminal pane when creating new terminal
 (#9926)

---
 packages/app/src/pages/session.tsx | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/packages/app/src/pages/session.tsx b/packages/app/src/pages/session.tsx
index 560c13330..953634ca8 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/pages/session.tsx
+++ b/packages/app/src/pages/session.tsx
@@ -509,7 +509,10 @@ export default function Page() {
       description: language.t("command.terminal.new.description"),
       category: language.t("command.category.terminal"),
       keybind: "ctrl+alt+t",
-      onSelect: () => terminal.new(),
+      onSelect: () => {
+        if (terminal.all().length > 0) terminal.new()
+        view().terminal.open()
+      },
     },
     {
       id: "steps.toggle",