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macos: long press cmd+t doesn't focus on the latest created tab #13725
Description
Discussed in #12864
Originally posted by nikitml May 30, 2026
Issue Description
ghossty.cmd+t.mov
On both 1.3.1 and the nightly (build=16276) (empty config) long pressing cmd+t creates lots of tabs BUT the focus is randomly set on tabs 3-4-5, rather than the last one
Expected Behavior
Like in any other app. In the video I tested with Terminal.app, but the same behavior sustains everywhere - Safari, Sublime, ...
Actual Behavior
It randomly focuses on 3rd or 4th or 5th tab no matter how many tabs are opened
Reproduction Steps
- Open ghostty
- Long press cmd+t to open new tab
- Release cmd+t
Ghostty Logs
Filtering the log data using "subsystem == "com.mitchellh.ghostty""
Timestamp Thread Type Activity PID TTL
2026-05-30 19:49:03.913253+0200 0x6c3f81 Info 0xbb7f54 96031 0 ghostty: [com.mitchellh.ghostty:io_exec] io_exec: found Ghostty resources dir: /Applications/Ghostty.app/Contents/Resources/ghostty
2026-05-30 19:49:03.913574+0200 0x6c3f81 Info 0xbb7f54 96031 0 ghostty: [com.mitchellh.ghostty:io_exec] io_exec: shell integration automatically injected shell=.zsh
2026-05-30 19:49:03.927932+0200 0x6c8323 Info 0x0 96031 0 ghostty: [com.mitchellh.ghostty:io_exec] io_exec: started subcommand path=/usr/bin/login pid=98095
2026-05-30 19:49:04.395519+0200 0x6ac71c Info 0x0 67232 0 cmux: [com.mitchellh.ghostty:generic_renderer] generic_renderer: updating display link display id=2
2026-05-30 19:49:04.410505+0200 0x6ac71c Info 0x0 67232 0 cmux: [com.mitchellh.ghostty:generic_renderer] generic_renderer: updating display link display id=2
2026-05-30 19:49:06.010594+0200 0x6c3f81 Info 0xbb8036 96031 0 ghostty: [com.mitchellh.ghostty:io_exec] io_exec: found Ghostty resources dir: /Applications/Ghostty.app/Contents/Resources/ghostty
2026-05-30 19:49:06.010890+0200 0x6c3f81 Info 0xbb8036 96031 0 ghostty: [com.mitchellh.ghostty:io_exec] io_exec: shell integration automatically injected shell=.zsh
2026-05-30 19:49:06.023497+0200 0x6c835f Info 0x0 96031 0 ghostty: [com.mitchellh.ghostty:io_exec] io_exec: started subcommand path=/usr/bin/login pid=98109
2026-05-30 19:49:06.266088+0200 0x6c3f81 Info 0xbb80b0 96031 0 ghostty: [com.mitchellh.ghostty:io_exec] io_exec: found Ghostty resources dir: /Applications/Ghostty.app/Contents/Resources/ghostty
2026-05-30 19:49:06.266185+0200 0x6c3f81 Info 0xbb80b0 96031 0 ghostty: [com.mitchellh.ghostty:io_exec] io_exec: shell integration automatically injected shell=.zsh
2026-05-30 19:49:06.273012+0200 0x6c8380 Info 0x0 96031 0 ghostty: [com.mitchellh.ghostty:io_exec] io_exec: started subcommand path=/usr/bin/login pid=98118
2026-05-30 19:49:06.345233+0200 0x6c3f81 Info 0xbb80b5 96031 0 ghostty: [com.mitchellh.ghostty:io_exec] io_exec: found Ghostty resources dir: /Applications/Ghostty.app/Contents/Resources/ghostty
2026-05-30 19:49:06.345289+0200 0x6c3f81 Info 0xbb80b5 96031 0 ghostty: [com.mitchellh.ghostty:io_exec] io_exec: shell integration automatically injected shell=.zsh
2026-05-30 19:49:06.350853+0200 0x6c8397 Info 0x0 96031 0 ghostty: [com.mitchellh.ghostty:io_exec] io_exec: started subcommand path=/usr/bin/login pid=98123
2026-05-30 19:49:06.425942+0200 0x6c3f81 Info 0xbb80ba 96031 0 ghostty: [com.mitchellh.ghostty:io_exec] io_exec: found Ghostty resources dir: /Applications/Ghostty.app/Contents/Resources/ghostty
2026-05-30 19:49:06.425997+0200 0x6c3f81 Info 0xbb80ba 96031 0 ghostty: [com.mitchellh.ghostty:io_exec] io_exec: shell integration automatically injected shell=.zsh
2026-05-30 19:49:06.431159+0200 0x6c83b8 Info 0x0 96031 0 ghostty: [com.mitchellh.ghostty:io_exec] io_exec: started subcommand path=/usr/bin/login pid=98136
2026-05-30 19:49:06.499723+0200 0x6c3f81 Info 0xbb80bf 96031 0 ghostty: [com.mitchellh.ghostty:io_exec] io_exec: found Ghostty resources dir: /Applications/Ghostty.app/Contents/Resources/ghostty
2026-05-30 19:49:06.499787+0200 0x6c3f81 Info 0xbb80bf 96031 0 ghostty: [com.mitchellh.ghostty:io_exec] io_exec: shell integration automatically injected shell=.zsh
2026-05-30 19:49:06.505067+0200 0x6c83d4 Info 0x0 96031 0 ghostty: [com.mitchellh.ghostty:io_exec] io_exec: started subcommand path=/usr/bin/login pid=98145
2026-05-30 19:49:06.573706+0200 0x6c3f81 Info 0xbb8194 96031 0 ghostty: [com.mitchellh.ghostty:io_exec] io_exec: found Ghostty resources dir: /Applications/Ghostty.app/Contents/Resources/ghostty
2026-05-30 19:49:06.573765+0200 0x6c3f81 Info 0xbb8194 96031 0 ghostty: [com.mitchellh.ghostty:io_exec] io_exec: shell integration automatically injected shell=.zsh
2026-05-30 19:49:06.579776+0200 0x6c83ee Info 0x0 96031 0 ghostty: [com.mitchellh.ghostty:io_exec] io_exec: started subcommand path=/usr/bin/login pid=98152
2026-05-30 19:49:06.670159+0200 0x6c3f81 Info 0xbb819b 96031 0 ghostty: [com.mitchellh.ghostty:io_exec] io_exec: found Ghostty resources dir: /Applications/Ghostty.app/Contents/Resources/ghostty
2026-05-30 19:49:06.670225+0200 0x6c3f81 Info 0xbb819b 96031 0 ghostty: [com.mitchellh.ghostty:io_exec] io_exec: shell integration automatically injected shell=.zsh
2026-05-30 19:49:06.675623+0200 0x6c8414 Info 0x0 96031 0 ghostty: [com.mitchellh.ghostty:io_exec] io_exec: started subcommand path=/usr/bin/login pid=98165
2026-05-30 19:49:06.744114+0200 0x6c3f81 Info 0xbb8270 96031 0 ghostty: [com.mitchellh.ghostty:io_exec] io_exec: found Ghostty resources dir: /Applications/Ghostty.app/Contents/Resources/ghostty
2026-05-30 19:49:06.744180+0200 0x6c3f81 Info 0xbb8270 96031 0 ghostty: [com.mitchellh.ghostty:io_exec] io_exec: shell integration automatically injected shell=.zsh
2026-05-30 19:49:06.750099+0200 0x6c842a Info 0x0 96031 0 ghostty: [com.mitchellh.ghostty:io_exec] io_exec: started subcommand path=/usr/bin/login pid=98170
2026-05-30 19:49:06.826134+0200 0x6c3f81 Info 0xbb8275 96031 0 ghostty: [com.mitchellh.ghostty:io_exec] io_exec: found Ghostty resources dir: /Applications/Ghostty.app/Contents/Resources/ghostty
2026-05-30 19:49:06.826197+0200 0x6c3f81 Info 0xbb8275 96031 0 ghostty: [com.mitchellh.ghostty:io_exec] io_exec: shell integration automatically injected shell=.zsh
2026-05-30 19:49:06.831227+0200 0x6c844b Info 0x0 96031 0 ghostty: [com.mitchellh.ghostty:io_exec] io_exec: started subcommand path=/usr/bin/login pid=98183
2026-05-30 19:49:06.912144+0200 0x6c3f81 Info 0xbb827b 96031 0 ghostty: [com.mitchellh.ghostty:io_exec] io_exec: found Ghostty resources dir: /Applications/Ghostty.app/Contents/Resources/ghostty
2026-05-30 19:49:06.912208+0200 0x6c3f81 Info 0xbb827b 96031 0 ghostty: [com.mitchellh.ghostty:io_exec] io_exec: shell integration automatically injected shell=.zsh
2026-05-30 19:49:06.918135+0200 0x6c8467 Info 0x0 96031 0 ghostty: [com.mitchellh.ghostty:io_exec] io_exec: started subcommand path=/usr/bin/login pid=98192
2026-05-30 19:49:07.303873+0200 0x6c3f81 Info 0xbb8360 96031 0 ghostty: [com.mitchellh.ghostty:io_exec] io_exec: found Ghostty resources dir: /Applications/Ghostty.app/Contents/Resources/ghostty
2026-05-30 19:49:07.303949+0200 0x6c3f81 Info 0xbb8360 96031 0 ghostty: [com.mitchellh.ghostty:io_exec] io_exec: shell integration automatically injected shell=.zsh
2026-05-30 19:49:07.310905+0200 0x6c8483 Info 0x0 96031 0 ghostty: [com.mitchellh.ghostty:io_exec] io_exec: started subcommand path=/usr/bin/login pid=98201
2026-05-30 19:49:07.350322+0200 0x6ac71c Info 0x0 67232 0 cmux: [com.mitchellh.ghostty:generic_renderer] generic_renderer: updating display link display id=2
2026-05-30 19:49:07.369768+0200 0x6ac71c Info 0x0 67232 0 cmux: [com.mitchellh.ghostty:generic_renderer] generic_renderer: updating display link display id=2
2026-05-30 19:49:07.380279+0200 0x6ac71c Info 0x0 67232 0 cmux: [com.mitchellh.ghostty:generic_renderer] generic_renderer: updating display link display id=2
2026-05-30 19:49:07.764792+0200 0x6ac71c Info 0x0 67232 0 cmux: [com.mitchellh.ghostty:generic_renderer] generic_renderer: updating display link display id=2
2026-05-30 19:49:07.784022+0200 0x6ac71c Info 0x0 67232 0 cmux: [com.mitchellh.ghostty:generic_renderer] generic_renderer: updating display link display id=2
2026-05-30 19:49:07.794990+0200 0x6ac71c Info 0x0 67232 0 cmux: [com.mitchellh.ghostty:generic_renderer] generic_renderer: updating display link display id=2
### Ghostty Version
```text
Ghostty 1.3.2-main-+90175950d
Version
- version: 1.3.2-main-+90175950d
- channel: tip
Build Config
- Zig version : 0.15.2
- build mode : .ReleaseFast
- app runtime : .none
- font engine : .coretext
- renderer : renderer.generic.Renderer(renderer.Metal)
- libxev : kqueue
OS Version Information
macos 26.5 (25F71)
(Linux only) Display Server
None
(Linux only) Desktop Environment/Window Manager
No response
Minimal Ghostty Configuration
(empty)Additional Relevant Configuration
No response
I acknowledge that:
- I have reviewed the FAQ and confirm that my issue is NOT among them.
- I have searched the Ghostty repository (both open and closed Discussions and Issues) and confirm this is not a duplicate of an existing issue or discussion.
- I have checked the "Preview" tab on all text fields to ensure that everything looks right, and have wrapped all configuration and code in code blocks with a group of three backticks (
```) on separate lines.
Activity
Dhirenderchoudhary commentedon Aug 22, 2026
@bo2themax can i work on this one
macOS: fix responsiveness for repeated new tab action (ghostty-org#13985