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Weird Placement when first opening terminal on windows 11 #20536

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opened 2026-01-31 07:16:52 +00:00 by claunia · 4 comments
claunia commented 2026-01-31 07:16:52 +00:00
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Originally created by @l-urk on GitHub (Sep 23, 2023).

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Opening Windows Terminal for the first time on windows 11 on a 1920x1080 screen...

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Top left placement similar to CMD.exe.

Actual Behavior

Bad placement.

Originally created by @l-urk on GitHub (Sep 23, 2023). ### Windows Terminal version _No response_ ### Windows build number _No response_ ### Other Software _No response_ ### Steps to reproduce Opening Windows Terminal for the first time on windows 11 on a 1920x1080 screen... ### Expected Behavior Top left placement similar to CMD.exe. ### Actual Behavior Bad placement.
claunia commented 2026-01-31 07:16:54 +00:00
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@DHowett commented on GitHub (Sep 23, 2023):

Thanks for filing!
Can you share the way in which the window placed poorly? For me, it launches in roughly the same place as CMD does.

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In addition -- sorry, I may have missed it in the template above -- what version of Terminal are you using?

@DHowett commented on GitHub (Sep 23, 2023): Thanks for filing! Can you share the way in which the window placed poorly? For me, it launches in roughly the same place as CMD does. <img width="444" alt="image" src="https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/assets/189190/57202004-e8ed-44e5-a351-541a78ed457e"> In addition -- sorry, I may have missed it in the template above -- what version of Terminal are you using?
claunia commented 2026-01-31 07:16:54 +00:00
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@l-urk commented on GitHub (Sep 23, 2023):

It's seemingly near random. Version: 1.17.11461.0
Screenshot 2023-09-22 174433

@l-urk commented on GitHub (Sep 23, 2023): It's seemingly near random. Version: 1.17.11461.0 <img width="572" alt="Screenshot 2023-09-22 174433" src="https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/assets/112792604/eca69ad1-eed3-42e3-bf54-a990bd8661c6">
claunia commented 2026-01-31 07:16:54 +00:00
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@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Sep 24, 2023):

That looks like Windows default behavior when opening Win32 apps. They open as a little "cascade" along that diagonal (depending if there's already another app opened at that position).

From https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/winmsg/window-features#default-size-and-position:

An application can allow the system to calculate the initial size or position of a top-level window by specifying CW_USEDEFAULT in CreateWindowEx. If the application sets the window's coordinates to CW_USEDEFAULT and has created no other top-level windows, the system sets the new window's position relative to the upper left corner of the screen

You can of course set the initialPosition for the Terminal manually in the settings.

@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Sep 24, 2023): That looks like Windows default behavior when opening Win32 apps. They open as a little "cascade" along that diagonal (depending if there's already another app opened at that position). From https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/winmsg/window-features#default-size-and-position: > An application can allow the system to calculate the initial size or position of a top-level window by specifying CW_USEDEFAULT in [CreateWindowEx](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/winuser/nf-winuser-createwindowexa). If the application sets the window's coordinates to CW_USEDEFAULT and has created no other top-level windows, the system sets the new window's position relative to the upper left corner of the screen You can of course set the [`initialPosition`](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/terminal/customize-settings/startup#launch-position) for the Terminal manually in the settings.
claunia commented 2026-01-31 07:16:54 +00:00
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