From eeb772ad07c68a3993ae398eafcfe5744713b14e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kovid Goyal <kovid@kovidgoyal.net>
Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2022 20:15:21 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] @launch: When an overlay window is specified in a particular
 tab via --match use the active window of that tab as the base, not the
 current tab. Fixes #5768

---
 kitty/launch.py | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kitty/launch.py b/kitty/launch.py
index 49cc650f7..8261b3bc9 100644
--- a/kitty/launch.py
+++ b/kitty/launch.py
@@ -548,8 +548,11 @@ def launch(
         kw['cmd'] = final_cmd
     if force_window_launch and opts.type not in non_window_launch_types:
         opts.type = 'window'
-    if opts.type in ('overlay', 'overlay-main') and active:
-        kw['overlay_for'] = active.id
+    base_for_overlay = active
+    if target_tab:
+        base_for_overlay = target_tab.active_window
+    if opts.type in ('overlay', 'overlay-main') and base_for_overlay:
+        kw['overlay_for'] = base_for_overlay.id
     if opts.type == 'background':
         cmd = kw['cmd']
         if not cmd: