microsoft / microsoft/terminal

Suggestion ghost text gets left behind when using IME

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Area-CmdPal Area-TerminalControl Issue-Bug Product-Terminal
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Description

### Windows Terminal version

1.22

### Windows build number

all windows 11/10

### Other Software

_No response_

### Steps to reproduce

1. open wt.exe
2. ctrl+shift+p
3. type something
4. select one
5. the text first always be there

### Expected Behavior

_No response_

### Actual Behavior

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/cf1e653a-1aae-4151-90ab-1bab5b5a0e12

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

Research direction

Begin by reproducing the issue in wt.exe on Windows 10 or 11 using the listed Ctrl+Shift+P and IME-related steps, and inspect the attached recording. No source file or test is named in the report, so locate the suggestion and text-input entry points first. Done means selecting a suggestion no longer leaves ghost text behind.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
cpp
Domain
cli
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
30/100

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