microsoft / microsoft/terminal
"Remove trailing white-space from rectangular selection" option does not work
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Description
### Windows Terminal version
1.11.3471.0
### Windows build number
10.0.19043.0
### Other Software
_No response_
### Steps to reproduce
Ensure that the "Remove trailing white-space from rectangular selection" option is un-checked. Select some text from the terminal window that includes trailing white space, then paste the contents into another application eg notepad. The content pasted in will have its trailing white space trimmed off, contrary to the option setting.
### Expected Behavior
When the option is off, trailing white space should not be truncated.
### Actual Behavior
Traiing white-space truncation occuring despite the option setting being off.
Just to check that the bug is not simply a negation logic error, I turned it on and repeated the opration, but I found that the content was still be trailing white-space truncated, so it looks like the option is simply ignored.
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start by reproducing the issue in Windows Terminal using the reported version and the rectangular-selection option, then trace the option's handling during selection and paste. Done means trailing whitespace is preserved when the option is unchecked and trimmed when it is checked.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100