This was fixed upstream in 3.20 (with a rather nasty commit message), but even on 3.28 it is not working in Ubuntu 18.04. A brief (5 minute) examination of the code shows that it is there in the Ubuntu source package. Someone that actually maintains this will know more of why it is still broken.
-- 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/1577927 Title: After upgrade, can no longer set tab titles Status in GNOME Terminal: Unknown Status in gnome-terminal package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in gnome-terminal package in Debian: Confirmed Status in gnome-terminal package in Fedora: Unknown Bug description: Under the previous version, 14.04 LTS, I could quickly hit 'ALT-t', then 's', then type in the text that would appear on that terminal tab. This is HUGELY IMPORTANT, as the main reason I run Linux is so that I can quickly and easily do my work, involving dozens of terminal tabs, ssh'ed into dozens of different servers. Generally, when I open a new tab, I label it for future reference. Imagine having a dozen tabs open, some of them connected to production databases, and others connected to development databases. I need to be able to easily identify which ones are which. (I also edited the config files, to make the active tab be red instead of grey.) But now that I've upgraded to 16.04 LTS, I'm crippled! I can't find any way to set the names of the terminal tabs. I'm not sure what I'll do! Go hunting for a different terminal program, maybe? ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: gnome-terminal 3.18.3-1ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-21.37-generic 4.4.6 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-21-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: talpa_vfshook talpa_pedconnector talpa_pedevice talpa_vcdevice talpa_core talpa_linux talpa_syscallhook nvidia_uvm nvidia_modeset nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Tue May 3 14:23:28 2016 InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-04-27 (6 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160420.1) SourcePackage: gnome-terminal UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-terminal/+bug/1577927/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
