microsoft / microsoft/terminal

Tabs visual style changes when moving Terminal window to another display

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Area-UserInterface Culprit-WinUI Issue-Bug Priority-3 Product-Terminal
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Description

### Windows Terminal version

1.18.3181.0

### Windows build number

10.0.22621.0

### Other Software

_No response_

### Steps to reproduce

I have two monitors, monitor 1 2560x1440 (125% scale, landscape) and monitor 2 1080x1920 (100% scale, portrait). Last few versions of Terminal the tabs are rendered with square bottom corners on the monitor 1. If I move the Terminal window to the monitor 2 the tabs are immediately rendered with the round bottom corners. The top corners of the tabs are always round.

### Expected Behavior

The visual style of the tabs should be consistent with the look and feel of Windows 11 (like windows explorer tabs) regardless of the chosen display.

### Actual Behavior

The visual style of the tabs is inconsistent when using multiple displays.

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Research direction

Reproduce the tab-corner change by moving a Windows Terminal window between the two displays described in the issue, then trace the tab rendering and display-scaling entry points. Done means the tab visual style remains consistent across displays while preserving the expected Windows 11 rounded appearance.

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Assessment

Tech stack
cpp
Domain
desktop
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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