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Drop down menus goes out of Terminal window on Terminal Preview

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#16,629 opened on Jan 31, 2024

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Description

Windows Terminal version

1.20.10293.0

Windows build number

23620.1000

Other Software

No response

Steps to reproduce

Open Terminal Preview app > Go to Settings > Open any drop down menu and scroll down/up

Expected Behavior

Drop down menu either stays inside the window or automatically closes like on stable channel when you start scrolling

Terminal Stable Behavior:

https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/assets/64617514/1d30efae-93a0-43f2-baa0-0996b7c1b32f

Actual Behavior

Drop down menu goes out of the window when you start scrolling through settings

Terminal Preview Behavior:

https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/assets/64617514/ff68dd0e-9cf7-43dc-b62c-77cff035ffa9

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Research direction
Inspect how the dropdown menu handles scrolling and compare with stable version to find the difference.
Tech stack
cpp
Domain
desktop
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