Name

       kitten-@-new-window - Open new window

Usage

       kitten @ new-window  [CMD ...]

Description

       DEPRECATED: Use the launch command instead.

       Open  a  new  window  in the specified tab. If you use the --match option the first matching tab is used.
       Otherwise the currently active tab is used. Prints  out  the  id  of  the  newly  opened  window  (unless
       --no-response  is used). Any command line arguments are assumed to be the command line used to run in the
       new window, if none are provided, the default shell is run. For example::

           kitten @ new-window --title Email mutt

Options

       --match, -m
              The tab to match. Match specifications are of the form: field:query. Where field can  be  one  of:
              id,  index, title, window_id, window_title, pid, cwd, cmdline env, var, state and recent. query is
              the expression to match. Expressions can be either a number or a regular expression,  and  can  be
              combined using Boolean operators.

              The special value all matches all tabs.

              For  numeric  fields:  id,  index,  window_id,  pid and recent, the expression is interpreted as a
              number, not a regular expression. Negative values for  id/window_id  match  from  the  highest  id
              number down, in particular, -1 is the most recently created tab/window.

              When  using title or id, first a matching tab is looked for, and if not found a matching window is
              looked for, and the tab for that window is used.

              You can also use window_id and window_title to match the tab that contains  the  window  with  the
              specified id or title.

              The index number is used to match the nth tab in the currently active OS window. The recent number
              matches  recently  active  tabs  in  the currently active OS window, with zero being the currently
              active tab, one the previously active tab and so on.

              When using the env field to match on environment variables, you can specify only  the  environment
              variable  name or a name and value, for example, env:MY_ENV_VAR=2. Tabs containing any window with
              the specified environment variables are matched. Similarly, var matches tabs containing any window
              with the specified user variable.

              The field state matches  on  the  state  of  the  tab.  Supported  states  are:  active,  focused,
              needs_attention,  parent_active  and  parent_focused.  Active tabs are the tabs that are active in
              their parent OS window. There is only one focused tab and it is the tab to which  keyboard  events
              are delivered. If no tab is focused, the last focused tab is matched.

              Note that you can use the kitten @ ls command to get a list of tabs.

       --title
              The title for the new window. By default it will use the title set by the program running in it.

       --cwd  The  initial  working directory for the new window. Defaults to whatever the working directory for
              the kitty process you are talking to is.

       --dont-take-focus, --keep-focus
              Keep the current window focused instead of switching to the newly opened window.

       --window-type [=kitty]
              What kind of window to open. A kitty window or a top-level OS window.

              Choices: kitty, os

       --new-tab
              Open a new tab.

       --tab-title
              Set the title of the tab, when open a new tab.

       --no-response
              Don't wait for a response giving the id of the newly opened window. Note that  using  this  option
              means  that  you  will  not  be notified of failures and that the id of the new window will not be
              printed out.

       --help, -h
              Show help for this command

Global options

       --to   An address for the kitty instance to control. Corresponds  to  the  address  given  to  the  kitty
              instance  via the --listen-on option or the listen_on setting in kitty.conf. If not specified, the
              environment variable KITTY_LISTEN_ON is checked. If that is also not found, messages are  sent  to
              the  controlling terminal for this process, i.e. they will only work if this process is run within
              a kitty window.

       --password
              A password to use when contacting kitty. This will cause kitty to ask the user for  permission  to
              perform the specified action, unless the password has been accepted before or is pre-configured in
              kitty.conf.

       --password-file [=rc-pass]
              A  file  from  which  to  read  the  password.  Trailing whitespace is ignored. Relative paths are
              resolved from the kitty configuration directory. Use - to read from STDIN. Used if  no  --password
              is supplied. Defaults to checking for the rc-pass file in the kitty configuration directory.

       --password-env [=KITTY_RC_PASSWORD]
              The  name  of  an  environment  variable  to read the password from. Used if no --password-file is
              supplied. Defaults to checking the environment variable KITTY_RC_PASSWORD.

       --use-password [=if-available]
              If no password is available, kitty will usually just send the remote  control  command  without  a
              password. This option can be used to force it to always or never use the supplied password.

              Choices: if-available, always, never

0.32.2                                            Jun 25, 2025                            kitten-@-new-window(1)