Allow setting window title dynamically

[m-kru]

For terminals I have used so far (for example, tilix, alacritty, xterm), I have used the following shell script to set the terminal window title dynamically:

#!/bin/sh
printf "\e]2;$*\a"

It simply worked.
However, with ghostty this printf command doesn't change the terminal title.
Is there any other way to set ghostty window title during the runtime?
I know it can be done via the config file.
However, it applies to the title of all ghostty windows.

I don't know how exactly this magic printf command works, but ghostty is the only terminal I have used so far, not supporting it.

[jcollie]

It "doesn't work" because there's something else in your system that's setting the title using the same mechanism. Try setting shell-integration=none in your config. Many distros also ship with default configs that set the title so it can take some time to track down exactly what's doing it.

[jcollie]

confirm-close-surface = false

[m-kru]

Ohh, great. The only thing that I am missing is the ability to open a new split with the same working directory. This feature is also disabled when shell-integration=none. I see there is new_split action, but it looks like only the direction can be configured.

[jcollie]

Opening a new split with the same directory as the previous split requires shell integration.

[m-kru]

I wonder whether this could be achieved by adding an extra ghostty command line parameter and a custom action. For example, ghostty -new-split -wd=`pwd` . By a custom action, I mean an action that is executed by ghostty in a subshell.

Or maybe sending a signal/command to the running ghostty instance.

[rhodes-b]

actions to do arbitrary things like new splits or tabs are #2353

[m-kru]

Why does setting shell-integration = none change the cursor style from bar to block? How is shell integration related to the cursor-style? To have bar cursor when shell integration is disabled I have to explicitly define cursor-style = bar in the config file.

[rhodes-b]

Setting the cursor with cusor-style uses shell integration. Or your shell is overriding it

[00-kat]

Why does setting shell-integration = none change the cursor style from bar to block?

https://ghostty.org/docs/features/shell-integration#features

• The cursor at the prompt is turned into a bar to represent more typical text editing.

The default cursor is block, so if you disable shell integration it goes back from bar to block.