microsoft / microsoft/terminal

Feature Request: Ctrl-Drag anywhere on the terminal window to move the window

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Area-UserInterface Issue-Feature Product-Terminal
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Description

Moving the terminal window around is tricky, particularly when experimental_showTabsInTitlebar is enabled. Many unix terminals (and some Windows console replacements) allow Ctrl-LeftDrag operations on the window to map to a window drag instead. Would love to see this added to Windows Terminal as well!

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Research direction

No file, test, or entry point is named in the issue. Start by locating the terminal window's existing drag handling; done means Ctrl+left-drag from anywhere on the window moves it, including when experimental_showTabsInTitlebar is enabled.

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Assessment

Tech stack
cpp
Domain
desktop, operating-systems
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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