microsoft / microsoft/terminal
Terminal opens on the wrong screen if the main screen changes over time
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Description
### Windows Terminal version
1.18.2822.0
### Windows build number
10.0.22621.0
### Other Software
_No response_
### Steps to reproduce
I have 2 screens, A and B, with A configured as the main display in the Windows display settings.
If I boot with only B turned on, Terminal opens on B.
However, if I later turn on A, Terminal continues opening on B, even after I've turned it off.
I have this with my PC (A with DisplayPort, B with HDMI) and my laptop (A with HDMI, B the laptop screen).
Note that other applications, like Notepad, don't have this behavior, so I assume this must be a Terminal issue. This is with all Terminal's settings at default (except that I've changed `Default profile` and added additional profiles, but that's irrelevant).
### Expected Behavior
Terminal opens on the current main display as configured in the Windows display settings.
### Actual Behavior
Terminal opens on the secondary display, even if it is turned off.
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Research direction
No file, test, or entry point is named. Start by reproducing the two-display sequence on Windows and trace the existing terminal window-placement behavior. Done means Terminal opens on the currently configured main display after that display is turned on or changed.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- desktop-dev
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100