microsoft/Terminal

Inconsistent gutters/margins on HiDPI displays with `snapToGridOnResize`

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#4,175 opened on Jan 10, 2020

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Description

It looks like on my 200% scale device it's snapping at the half-grid.

A 50x15 window at 150% scale with Ctrl+Shift+A: image

After resizing the window to 51x15: image

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Research direction
Investigate the snap to grid functionality and trace how DPI scaling affects the computed gutter/margin sizes. Look for rounding errors in the coordinate calculations.
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cpp
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desktop
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