From 3980d815b3558f9730db960512d77cba9204e36a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thomas Kluyver <thomas@kluyver.me.uk>
Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2018 22:09:51 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Prevent default event handling on new terminal

Avoid resetting the directory navigation when you create a new terminal.

Closes gh-3496
---
 notebook/static/tree/js/terminallist.js | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/notebook/static/tree/js/terminallist.js b/notebook/static/tree/js/terminallist.js
index 2f349afe2..bf95f0c99 100644
--- a/notebook/static/tree/js/terminallist.js
+++ b/notebook/static/tree/js/terminallist.js
@@ -42,7 +42,10 @@ define([
         $('#new-terminal').click($.proxy(this.new_terminal, this));
     };
 
-    TerminalList.prototype.new_terminal = function () {
+    TerminalList.prototype.new_terminal = function (event) {
+        if (event) {
+            event.preventDefault();
+        }
         var w = window.open('#', IPython._target);
         var base_url = this.base_url;
         var settings = {