Pane position and sizes can be messed up after a restart #23944

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opened 2026-01-31 08:56:55 +00:00 by claunia · 2 comments
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Originally created by @ac10n on GitHub (Jan 8, 2026).

Originally assigned to: @DHowett on GitHub.

Windows Terminal version

1.23.13503.0

Windows build number

10.0.26200.0

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Steps to reproduce

I have a terminal, run as administrator, with multiple tabs and the first tab has multiple panes. Sometimes when restarting terminal, my panes get messed up

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Expected Behavior

Panes should stay where they were before restarting, ang most of the time they do

Actual Behavior

Sometimes they are messed up. Restarting again keeps the new (wrong) arrangement, so I have to close them and create new panes with the arrangement I want

Originally created by @ac10n on GitHub (Jan 8, 2026). Originally assigned to: @DHowett on GitHub. ### Windows Terminal version 1.23.13503.0 ### Windows build number 10.0.26200.0 ### Other Software _No response_ ### Steps to reproduce I have a terminal, run as administrator, with multiple tabs and the first tab has multiple panes. Sometimes when restarting terminal, my panes get messed up <img width="1518" height="1060" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/fc71edd0-d8a8-4529-a3ad-62cfd55b1dea" /> ### Expected Behavior Panes should stay where they were before restarting, ang most of the time they do ### Actual Behavior Sometimes they are messed up. Restarting again keeps the new (wrong) arrangement, so I have to close them and create new panes with the arrangement I want
claunia added the Needs-TriageIssue-Bug labels 2026-01-31 08:56:55 +00:00
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@ac10n commented on GitHub (Jan 12, 2026):

Another instance: The solid gray rectangles show the new position of panes, while the yellow lines show the original ones.
Red arrows show how panes moved around. See how 2 panes stayed in their place while all the rest moved around

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@ac10n commented on GitHub (Jan 12, 2026): Another instance: The solid gray rectangles show the new position of panes, while the yellow lines show the original ones. Red arrows show how panes moved around. See how 2 panes stayed in their place while all the rest moved around <img width="2218" height="857" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/c5f1d444-3684-4e8d-ad0b-315a68886ff0" />
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@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Jan 14, 2026):

hmm there used to be #4430 which was fixed by #5090 years ago

I'm confident that we have a backlog issue for this. Something about the fact that the pane splitting is based on where focus is, and during startup that's not consistent.

Maybe move-focus or moveFocus is what I need to search?

@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Jan 14, 2026): hmm there used to be #4430 which was fixed by #5090 years ago I'm confident that we have a backlog issue for this. Something about the fact that the pane splitting is based on where focus is, and during startup that's not consistent. Maybe `move-focus` or `moveFocus` is what I need to search?
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Reference: starred/terminal#23944