microsoft/Terminal

Show/Hide maximized terminal window resizes it briefly

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#12,944 opened on Apr 20, 2022

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Description

Windows Terminal version

1.13.10984.0

Windows build number

10.0.22000.0

Other Software

No response

Steps to reproduce

Maximize the window use action to show/hide the terminal window

Expected Behavior

window appears maximized

Actual Behavior

window appears big, but not maximized, and then maximizes, additionally causing the whole terminal size to be recalculated and content re-rendered and shifted slightly upwards

Contributor guide

Research direction
Investigate the show/hide toggle logic and how the window state (maximized) is restored. Check if the window is temporarily created with wrong dimensions before setting maximized state, causing unnecessary resize.
Tech stack
cpp
Domain
desktop
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3
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1-3 hours
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Clear
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