microsoft/Terminal

System menu for Terminal shows up on wrong monitor

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#15,421 opened on May 24, 2023

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Description

From MSFT:41390752, courtesy of @oldnewthing

Open Terminal maximized on right-hand monitor of dual-monitor system. Press Alt+Space to open the system menu.

Expect: Menu appears at the top left corner of the window. Actual: Menu appears at the top right corner of the wrong monitor.

Screen shot shows menu opening on the wrong monitor.

Maybe this has to do with monitor layout? I suppose each of my monitors are set up a little higher than the one on the left: image

Sure enough, this layout repros: image

My monitors are nowhere near that exotically laid out.

image

When maximized on monitor 3 (the primary monitor), the system menu appears in the upper right of monitor 2.

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Research direction
Trace the code path that computes the system menu position, especially when the terminal window is maximized on a non primary monitor. Look for coordinate transformations that might be assuming primary monitor origin.
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