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The lower part of the VSC goes beyond the screen boundaries

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Assessment

Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
42/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
typescript
Domain
frontend

Research direction

Start by reproducing the layout issue in Chrome on Windows 11 with code-server 4.95.3, using the provided screenshots and comparing the behavior with native VS Code and GitHub Codespaces. Done means the full-screen window keeps its lower content within the browser viewport without requiring browser zoom.

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Description

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Is there an existing issue for this?
  • I have searched the existing issues
OS/Web Information
  • Web Browser: Chrome
  • Local OS: Windows 11
  • Remote OS: Ubuntu 22
  • Remote Architecture: amd64
  • code-server --version: 4.95.3
Steps to Reproduce

1.Open code-server in Chrome

Expected

The window opens in full screen, nothing gets out anywhere

Actual

The window opens, but its lower part climbs out of the screen (more precisely, the browser window). To view something in the lower part of it, you have to zoom out the browser to 80%

Logs

Screenshot/Video

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Github codespaces:
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Desktop VSCode:
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Does this bug reproduce in native VS Code?

No, this works as expected in native VS Code

Does this bug reproduce in GitHub Codespaces?

No, this works as expected in GitHub Codespaces

Are you accessing code-server over a secure context?
  • I am using a secure context.
Notes

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