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window of a windows terminal is appending to the end of windows stack

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#15,763 opened on Jul 26, 2023

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Description

Windows Terminal version

1.17.11461.0

Windows build number

Version 22H2 (OS Build 19045.3086)

Other Software

No response

Steps to reproduce

Open windows terminal; Press Alt+Tab to go to another window; Press Alt+Tab again.

Expected Behavior

I should go to Windows terminal window again by pressing Alt+Tab

Actual Behavior

I am getting second window in the windows stack instead of windows terminal and windows terminal is beeing appended to the end of stack and i need to press alt+shift+tab to find a terminal window

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Research direction
Investigate the window management code that handles Alt+Tab cycling. Look for how the terminal window is registered or reparented in the Windows task switcher.
Tech stack
cpp
Domain
desktop
Issue type
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3
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1-2 days
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