Window Sizing Tool Tip? #22652

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opened 2026-01-31 08:19:34 +00:00 by claunia · 0 comments
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Originally created by @nurbles on GitHub (Dec 12, 2024).

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I often find myself wishing I knew the width of my terminal window (in text columns, of course) and it occurred to me that it might not be too difficult for the wizards that created the terminal program to add a tool tip, similar to what PuTTY does, while the window is being resized with the mouse. For reference, here's the top left corner of my PuTTY window while I'm dragging a new window size:
Sample PuTTY Sizing Image
Just a simple tip shows the number of text rows and columns that exists while the mouse button is down to drag a new window size. Of course, if you folks have a better way (perhaps by temporarily adding the dimensions to the end of (or just temporarily replacing) the title) I'm sure that would be acceptable, too! (smile)

FWIW, I'm running Windows Terminal Version 1.21.3231.0 on Windows 11 Pro x64 24H2 OS Build 26100.2605

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Originally created by @nurbles on GitHub (Dec 12, 2024). ### Description of the new feature I often find myself wishing I knew the width of my terminal window (in text columns, of course) and it occurred to me that it _might_ not be too difficult for the wizards that created the terminal program to add a tool tip, similar to what PuTTY does, while the window is being resized with the mouse. For reference, here's the top left corner of my PuTTY window while I'm dragging a new window size: [Sample PuTTY Sizing Image](https://www.svalli.com/files/PuTTY-Tip.png) Just a simple tip shows the number of text rows and columns that exists while the mouse button is down to drag a new window size. Of course, if you folks have a better way (perhaps by temporarily adding the dimensions to the end of (or just temporarily replacing) the title) I'm sure that would be acceptable, too! (smile) FWIW, I'm running Windows Terminal Version 1.21.3231.0 on Windows 11 Pro x64 24H2 OS Build 26100.2605 ### Proposed technical implementation details _No response_
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Reference: starred/terminal#22652