microsoft / microsoft/terminal

Ctr+Wheel behavior unpredictable using Surface Precision Mouse

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Description

  • Windows build number: 10.0.18362.53

  • I am using the new Ctrl+Mouse wheel to resize the console

  • What's wrong / what should be happening instead: I am using a Surface Precision mouse, which has the option to disable detent scrolling.

When detent scrolling is on, the console resizes as expected. With Detent scrolling off, even if I don't scroll rapidly the window is either not responsive to resizing, or responds in rare instances with a very significant resize, making the window unusable.

In MOST cases, it is simply not responsive, which only occurs infrequntly or with rapid scrolling with detent on.

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Research direction

Start by reproducing the Ctrl+mouse-wheel resize behavior on Windows 10 with a Surface Precision Mouse, testing detent scrolling on and off. Done means resizing responds consistently without becoming unresponsive or applying an unexpectedly large resize.

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Assessment

Tech stack
cpp
Domain
cli
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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