microsoft / microsoft/terminal
Sometimes maximized conhost/cmd windows have the bottom line(s) off the bottom of the screen
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Description
### Windows Terminal version (or Windows build number)
10.0.22117.0
### Other Software
_No response_
### Steps to reproduce
I am TS'ed to my dev machine at work. I maximize a [traditional conhost] cmd window (running razzle, then pwsh+PSReadLine on top of that). I disconnect, then reconnect later, and the cmd window is still maximized as expected. But *sometimes* the active prompt is below the visible portion of the window, usually by several lines--I can't see what I am typing while I type it; but when I hit [enter] and the buffer scrolls up, then I can see what I just typed. If I restore the window then re-maximize it, the problem is gone. The rest of the window UI looks fine (like the scrollbar on the right); the problem is not the outer window becoming the wrong size.
What should I gather to help troubleshoot this? It only happens *sometimes*, and I can't repro on-demand. Is there some low-impact tracing I can leave on, or should I just gather dumps of the associated processes?
### Expected Behavior
I expect that when I reconnect to my TS session, and type into my maximized cmd window, I can see the text I am typing, as I type it.
### Actual Behavior
The text I am typing is happening below the bottom of the cmd window--if I press enter a few times, it gets scrolled up into the part of the buffer I can see.
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start by examining the reported sequence: maximize a traditional conhost cmd window, run razzle and pwsh+PSReadLine, disconnect from the Remote Desktop session, then reconnect. Compare the maximized view with restoring and re-maximizing, and gather the low-impact tracing or associated-process dumps requested in the report; done means identifying evidence for why the prompt is below the visible window.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp, powershell
- Domain
- cli, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100