Click on tab ... focus ...? #11891

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opened 2026-01-31 03:00:21 +00:00 by claunia · 0 comments
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Originally created by @vefatica on GitHub (Dec 26, 2020).

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Microsoft Windows 10 Pro for Workstations
10.0.19042.685 (2009, 20H2)
WindowsTerminalPreview_1.5.3242.0_x64

Windows build number: [run `[Environment]::OSVersion` for powershell, or `ver` for cmd]
Windows Terminal version (if applicable):

Any other software?

Steps to reproduce

When working in a shell in WT, left-click on the desktop, then left-click on the tab of the shell you were working in.

Expected behavior

The shell in the clicked tab should have input focus; i.e., you can continue working there.

Actual behavior

That shell does not get input focus.

In contrast, if, after clicking the desktop, you click the tab of another shell in WT (one you were not working in) the shell of the clicked-on tab does get input focus.

It's annoying, especially since I consider the tab to be THE way to select the shell in which to work.

I figure this must be a duplicate. I searched a little and came up with nothing.

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claunia added the Resolution-Duplicate label 2026-01-31 03:00:21 +00:00
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Reference: starred/terminal#11891