microsoft / microsoft/terminal

Navigation menu automatically expands and overlaps settings page content in small windows

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

### Windows Terminal version

1.21.1772.0

### Windows build number

10.0.19045.0

### Other Software

_No response_

### Steps to reproduce

1. Open Windows Terminal.
2. Resize the Terminal window to a very small size.
3. Open the settings page.
4. Observe that the navigation menu automatically expands and overlaps the content of the settings page.

### Expected Behavior

The navigation menu should remain hidden by default in small windows to prevent overlapping with the settings page content.

### Actual Behavior

![issue](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/371c9122-576d-42d7-83a3-276217fbd806)

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Research direction

Reproduce the overlap in Windows Terminal by resizing the window and opening the settings page. Trace the settings-page navigation layout and its small-window behavior, then verify that the navigation menu stays hidden and no longer overlaps the settings content at the reported size.

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Assessment

Tech stack
cpp
Domain
desktop, frontend
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
42/100

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