Nemo: open URI in existing window

Question

The question is about Nemo file manager, which is default for Linux Mint 19.3 Cinnamon.

Is it possible to achieve behavior similar to google chrome or other browsers? When I have an instanve of chrome already running and I execute command google-chrome www.some-url.com the new window won't be created, but instead the URL will open in existing chrome window as a new tab.

Nemo file browser opens a new window every time I click on the link to the local file, folder or execute a command nemo \some\local\path

What I would ideally like is for Nemo to mantain single instance (window) unless it has been explicitely told to open a new window, just as most web browsers do. I really don't mind if Nemo opens a new tab or uses the existing one to open the url that has been passed to it as long as new window is not created.

Has anyone tried to achieve such behavior? Is it possible at all? Any suggestions?

5 years later, the github thread is locked and feature is not in development. Maybe not so many people actually need it... — Art Gertner, Mar 02 '20 at 14:19
@ArtGertner Oh a lot of people wanted it and reacted with +1. The devs just locked it for no reason. — simonzack, Nov 21 '20 at 09:55
I know it is an ugly hack, but I achieved something like this by using PyAutoGUI of Python. — ankit, Mar 27 '21 at 14:24
@ankit, can you please share the solution? Maybe post it as an answer. Thanks — Art Gertner, Mar 28 '21 at 00:45
If relevant, Dolphin opens new tabs in the running instance. — Rasmus, May 27 '22 at 21:29

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited Feb 02 '22 at 13:56

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nemo --tabs "/home/name/folder1" --tabs "/home/name/folder2" --tabs "/home/name/folder3"

edited Feb 02 '22 at 13:56

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answered Feb 02 '22 at 13:38

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