microsoft / microsoft/terminal

"Show/Hide the Terminal window" buggy between displays

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Description

Windows Terminal version

1.14.1452.0

Windows build number

10.0.22621.0


Bug the first

Steps to reproduce
  1. Setting a key combination for the Action "Show/Hide the Terminal window", for example "ctrl+win+h". BTW, is this called "Global Summon"?
  2. Acts in the same display works fine
  3. Maximize Terminal window in a bigger display, then "Hide" it with keystroke.
  4. move mouse cursor to a smaller display, "Show" it with keystroke.
Expected Behavior

after step 4, the window shows maximized.

Actual Behavior

Focus changed, but Terminal shows ghostly
more detail:
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when display failed: (Rectangle is correct)
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Bug the second

Steps to reproduce
  1. Setup a key combination to "Show/Hide the Terminal window".
  2. Maximize Terminal window in a smaller display.
  3. Move cursor to a bigger display, press keystroke to "summon" Terminal to this display
Expected Behavior

Terminal window moves to the bigger display, and maximized

Actual Behavior

Terminal window moved to the bigger display, and "maximized" according to the window button, but actually not maximized.

Notice the buttons on the upper right corner
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Research direction

No source file or test is named. Start by reproducing both multi-display cases with the reported Windows Terminal and Windows builds, then trace the Show/Hide Terminal window action and its maximize-state handling. Done means the summoned window appears maximized and usable on either display.

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Assessment

Tech stack
cpp
Domain
desktop, operating-systems
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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