diff --git a/src/dolphinmainwindow.cpp b/src/dolphinmainwindow.cpp
--- a/src/dolphinmainwindow.cpp
+++ b/src/dolphinmainwindow.cpp
@@ -2089,7 +2089,7 @@
 
 bool DolphinMainWindow::isUrlOpen(const QString& url)
 {
-    if (m_tabWidget->getIndexByUrl(QUrl::fromUserInput((url))) >= 0) {
+    if (m_tabWidget->getIndexByUrl(QUrl::fromUserInput((url))).first >= 0) {
         return true;
     } else {
         return false;
diff --git a/src/dolphintabwidget.h b/src/dolphintabwidget.h
--- a/src/dolphintabwidget.h
+++ b/src/dolphintabwidget.h
@@ -80,9 +80,13 @@
 
     /**
      * @param url The URL that we would like
-     * @return index of the tab with the desired URL. returns -1 if not found
+     * @return a QPair with first containing the index of the tab with the
+     * desired URL or -1 if not found. Second says true if URL is in primary
+     * view container, false otherwise. False means the URL is in the secondary
+     * view container, unless first == -1. In that case the value of second
+     * is meaningless.
      */
-    int getIndexByUrl(const QUrl& url) const;
+    QPair<int, bool> getIndexByUrl(const QUrl& url) const;
 
 signals:
     /**
diff --git a/src/dolphintabwidget.cpp b/src/dolphintabwidget.cpp
--- a/src/dolphintabwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/dolphintabwidget.cpp
@@ -186,9 +186,15 @@
     QList<QUrl>::const_iterator it = dirs.constBegin();
     while (it != dirs.constEnd()) {
         const QUrl& primaryUrl = *(it++);
-        const int index = getIndexByUrl(primaryUrl);
-        if (index >= 0) {
-            setCurrentIndex(index);
+        const QPair<int, bool> viewLocation = getIndexByUrl(primaryUrl);
+        if (viewLocation.first >= 0) {
+            setCurrentIndex(viewLocation.first);
+            const auto tabPage = tabPageAt(viewLocation.first);
+            if (viewLocation.second) {
+                tabPage->primaryViewContainer()->setActive(true);
+            } else {
+                tabPage->secondaryViewContainer()->setActive(true);
+            }
             continue;
         }
         if (splitView && (it != dirs.constEnd())) {
@@ -381,16 +387,17 @@
     return name.replace('&', QLatin1String("&&"));
 }
 
-int DolphinTabWidget::getIndexByUrl(const QUrl& url) const
+QPair<int, bool> DolphinTabWidget::getIndexByUrl(const QUrl& url) const
 {
     for (int i = 0; i < count(); i++) {
-        // Conversion to display string is necessary to deal with the '~' alias.
-        // i.e. to acknowledge that ~/ is equivalent to /home/user/
-        const QUrl tabUrl = tabPageAt(i)->activeViewContainer()->url();
-        if (url == tabUrl ||
-            url.toDisplayString(QUrl::StripTrailingSlash) == tabUrl.toDisplayString(QUrl::StripTrailingSlash)) {
-            return i;
+        const auto tabPage = tabPageAt(i);
+        if (url == tabPage->primaryViewContainer()->url()) {
+            return qMakePair(i, true);
+        }
+
+        if (tabPage->splitViewEnabled() && url == tabPage->secondaryViewContainer()->url()) {
+            return qMakePair(i, false);
         }
     }
-    return -1;
+    return qMakePair(-1, false);
 }