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[Feature]: Wave terminal tab close prevention mechanism #2826
Description
Feature description
While I may be in the minority of users experiencing this...I'm frequently, accidentally closing my Wave terminal tabs when I meant to click over to a different/sibling tab...and there is no prompt asking me if I want to close the terminal tab. This is really frustrating when I have active work/session going on and I accidentally close the tab.
Implementation Suggestion
I'd love if there was a confirmation dialog when closing a tab. Perhaps adding an option/setting in Wave terminal that allows me to enforce / turn-on the dialog/prompt that asks "Yes/No" on closing a terminal tab.
Anything else?
No response
Reacted by Niyuta, arnonuem, Scott Cranfill and tonywmnix
Activity
sawka commentedon Feb 5, 2026
Quick question. Do you want this behavior on ALL tabs (e.g. a global setting)? Or would it work for you if we added a "protect this tab" feature. And then you got the confirmation only when a tab was explicitly protected?
outwebbed commentedon Feb 6, 2026
I imagine a global setting would be simpler to implement and less fuss all-around? Appreciate the consideration!
cheparity commentedon Feb 12, 2026
I imagine a behaviour like vscode. When you close all tabs, you will go to a default blank page (or welcome page) instead of exiting. Only if you clicked the close UI button on the right-top (left-top in mac), you close the app.
sawka commentedon Feb 19, 2026
just merged a PR to add a new config option:
tab:confirmclosethat should fix this. will go out with the next patch release #2893Scotchester commentedon May 4, 2026
Thanks for adding the
tab:confirmcloseoption. I think it would be nice if the default were set to true, for safety by default that can be turned off by anyone who is annoyed by it.Alternatively/additionally: An "undo close tab" command would be welcome.
tfurber commentedon Oct 10, 2026
what about a nag on closing a terminal within a tab?