Newer versions of gnome-terminal (e.g. the one in Xenial) have a hidden setting called "tab-policy" (search for it in dconf-editor) which allows you to always display the tab bar, even if only a single tab is opened.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-terminal in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1356433 Title: detached tabs can not be reattached Status in gnome-terminal package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: If you detach a tab in Gnome-terminal (exen accidentally while trying to reorder tabs) it will never reattach to the tabbed window. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: gnome-terminal 3.6.2-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-32.57-generic 3.13.11.4 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-32-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.3 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Wed Aug 13 10:28:50 2014 InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-02-19 (174 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Alpha amd64 (20140218) SourcePackage: gnome-terminal UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-terminal/+bug/1356433/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
