diff --git a/src/dolphinmainwindow.h b/src/dolphinmainwindow.h
--- a/src/dolphinmainwindow.h
+++ b/src/dolphinmainwindow.h
@@ -92,6 +92,8 @@
 
     void setTabsToHomeIfMountPathOpen(const QString& mountPath);
 
+    QString getCaption(const QUrl& url, DolphinViewContainer* activeViewContainer) const;
+
 public slots:
     /**
      * Pastes the clipboard data into the currently selected folder
diff --git a/src/dolphinmainwindow.cpp b/src/dolphinmainwindow.cpp
--- a/src/dolphinmainwindow.cpp
+++ b/src/dolphinmainwindow.cpp
@@ -195,6 +195,44 @@
     m_tabWidget->openFiles(files, splitView);
 }
 
+QString DolphinMainWindow::getCaption(const QUrl& url, DolphinViewContainer* activeViewContainer) const
+{
+    QString schemePrefix;
+    if (!url.isLocalFile()) {
+        schemePrefix.append(url.scheme() + " - ");
+        if (!url.host().isEmpty()) {
+            schemePrefix.append(url.host() + " - ");
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (GeneralSettings::showFullPathInTitlebar()) {
+        const QString path = url.adjusted(QUrl::StripTrailingSlash).path();
+        return schemePrefix + path;
+    }
+
+    KFilePlacesModel *placesModel = DolphinPlacesModelSingleton::instance().placesModel();
+    const auto& matchedPlaces = placesModel->match(placesModel->index(0,0), KFilePlacesModel::UrlRole, url, 1, Qt::MatchExactly);
+
+    if (!matchedPlaces.isEmpty()) {
+        return placesModel->text(matchedPlaces.first());
+    }
+
+    QString fileName = url.adjusted(QUrl::StripTrailingSlash).fileName();
+    if (fileName.isEmpty()) {
+        fileName = '/';
+    }
+
+    if (activeViewContainer && activeViewContainer->isSearchModeEnabled()) {
+        if(activeViewContainer->currentSearchText().isEmpty()){
+            return i18n("Search");
+        } else {
+            return i18n("Search for %1", activeViewContainer->currentSearchText());
+        }
+    }
+
+    return schemePrefix + fileName;
+}
+
 void DolphinMainWindow::showCommand(CommandType command)
 {
     DolphinStatusBar* statusBar = m_activeViewContainer->statusBar();
@@ -1003,44 +1041,7 @@
 
 void DolphinMainWindow::setUrlAsCaption(const QUrl& url)
 {
-    QString schemePrefix;
-    if (!url.isLocalFile()) {
-        schemePrefix.append(url.scheme() + " - ");
-        if (!url.host().isEmpty()) {
-            schemePrefix.append(url.host() + " - ");
-        }
-    }
-
-    if (GeneralSettings::showFullPathInTitlebar()) {
-        const QString path = url.adjusted(QUrl::StripTrailingSlash).path();
-        setWindowTitle(schemePrefix + path);
-        return;
-    }
-
-    KFilePlacesModel *placesModel = DolphinPlacesModelSingleton::instance().placesModel();
-    const auto& matchedPlaces = placesModel->match(placesModel->index(0,0), KFilePlacesModel::UrlRole, url, 1, Qt::MatchExactly);
-
-    if (!matchedPlaces.isEmpty()) {
-        setWindowTitle(placesModel->text(matchedPlaces.first()));
-        return;
-    }
-
-    QString fileName = url.adjusted(QUrl::StripTrailingSlash).fileName();
-    if (fileName.isEmpty()) {
-        fileName = '/';
-    }
-
-    if (m_activeViewContainer->isSearchModeEnabled()) {
-        if(m_activeViewContainer->currentSearchText().isEmpty()){
-            setWindowTitle(i18n("Search"));
-        } else {
-            const auto searchText = i18n("Search for %1", m_activeViewContainer->currentSearchText());
-            setWindowTitle(searchText);
-        }
-        return;
-    }
-
-    setWindowTitle(schemePrefix + fileName);
+    setWindowTitle(getCaption(url, m_activeViewContainer));
 }
 
 void DolphinMainWindow::slotStorageTearDownFromPlacesRequested(const QString& mountPath)
diff --git a/src/dolphintabwidget.h b/src/dolphintabwidget.h
--- a/src/dolphintabwidget.h
+++ b/src/dolphintabwidget.h
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include <QTabWidget>
 #include <QUrl>
 
+class DolphinMainWindow;
 class DolphinViewContainer;
 class DolphinTabPage;
 class KConfigGroup;
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@
     Q_OBJECT
 
 public:
-    explicit DolphinTabWidget(QWidget* parent);
+    explicit DolphinTabWidget(DolphinMainWindow* parent);
 
     /**
      * @return Tab page at the current index (can be 0 if tabs count is smaller than 1)
@@ -196,6 +197,8 @@
     QString tabName(const QUrl& url) const;
 
 private:
+    DolphinMainWindow* m_mainWindow;
+
     /** Caches the (negated) places panel visibility */
     bool m_placesSelectorVisible;
 
diff --git a/src/dolphintabwidget.cpp b/src/dolphintabwidget.cpp
--- a/src/dolphintabwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/dolphintabwidget.cpp
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 
 #include "dolphintabwidget.h"
 
+#include "dolphinmainwindow.h"
 #include "dolphintabbar.h"
 #include "dolphintabpage.h"
 #include "dolphinviewcontainer.h"
@@ -31,8 +32,9 @@
 #include <QApplication>
 #include <QDropEvent>
 
-DolphinTabWidget::DolphinTabWidget(QWidget* parent) :
+DolphinTabWidget::DolphinTabWidget(DolphinMainWindow* parent) :
     QTabWidget(parent),
+    m_mainWindow(parent),
     m_placesSelectorVisible(true),
     m_lastViewedTab(0)
 {
@@ -116,6 +118,7 @@
 {
     const int tabCount = count();
     for (int i = 0; i < tabCount; ++i) {
+        tabBar()->setTabText(i, tabName(tabPageAt(i)->activeViewContainer()->url()));
         tabPageAt(i)->refreshViews();
     }
 }
@@ -355,18 +358,5 @@
 
 QString DolphinTabWidget::tabName(const QUrl& url) const
 {
-    QString name;
-    if (url == QUrl(QStringLiteral("file:///"))) {
-        name = '/';
-    } else {
-        name = url.adjusted(QUrl::StripTrailingSlash).fileName();
-        if (name.isEmpty()) {
-            name = url.scheme();
-        } else {
-            // Make sure that a '&' inside the directory name is displayed correctly
-            // and not misinterpreted as a keyboard shortcut in QTabBar::setTabText()
-            name.replace('&', QLatin1String("&&"));
-        }
-    }
-    return name;
+    return m_mainWindow->getCaption(url, currentTabPage() ? currentTabPage()->activeViewContainer() : nullptr);
 }