Windows notifications gets on silent mode #2585

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opened 2026-01-30 22:58:58 +00:00 by claunia · 14 comments
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Originally created by @solispauwels on GitHub (Jul 5, 2019).

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Windows build number:  10.0.18362.175
Windows terminal version: v0.2.1831.0

Steps to reproduce

  • Open windows terminal
  • Click on maximize icon

Expected behavior

Get simply a maximized window

Actual behavior

The maximized windows causes notifications to be in silent mode (without notification) and does not get out of silent mode even passing to another application.

This is possible related to the unable access tothe task bar issue

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@atruskie commented on GitHub (Jul 7, 2019):

So I've noticed this too.

This is an issue with the Focus Assist tool. I believe it is conflating Full Screen with a Maximized window.
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If you disable focus assist the issue does not happen. However, I like focus assist...

@atruskie commented on GitHub (Jul 7, 2019): So I've noticed this too. This is an issue with the _Focus Assist_ tool. I believe it is conflating _Full Screen_ with a _Maximized_ window. ![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/1452968/60763023-fcf24400-a0ae-11e9-91c1-c7b95191d34d.png) If you disable focus assist the issue does not happen. However, I like focus assist...
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@solispauwels commented on GitHub (Jul 7, 2019):

In any case when you click on maximize the expected behavior is to get a maximized window, not a full screen window

@solispauwels commented on GitHub (Jul 7, 2019): In any case when you click on maximize the expected behavior is to get a maximized window, not a full screen window
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@DHowett-MSFT commented on GitHub (Jul 8, 2019):

This will also break autohiding taskbars and some other things. There's ... some magic we need to do here like Chromium and VS where they jiggle the window size by 1px to make things "magically work."

@DHowett-MSFT commented on GitHub (Jul 8, 2019): This will also break autohiding taskbars and some other things. There's ... some magic we need to do here like Chromium and VS where they jiggle the window size by 1px to make things "magically work."
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@DHowett-MSFT commented on GitHub (Jul 8, 2019):

Link: #1625.

@DHowett-MSFT commented on GitHub (Jul 8, 2019): Link: #1625.
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@ffes commented on GitHub (Oct 2, 2019):

From my experience, when I maximize on my primary screen I don't see the silent mode problem. When I maximize on another than the primary screen I do see this issue.

@ffes commented on GitHub (Oct 2, 2019): From my experience, when I maximize on my primary screen I don't see the silent mode problem. When I maximize on another than the primary screen I do see this issue.
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@ffes commented on GitHub (Nov 14, 2019):

To add to my previous comment... It only happens when you disable the taskbar on secondary screens.

So that means is it full screen on a secondary screen and the switch to silent mode is at least explainable. Maybe there is a check for window size vs screen size (just speculating).

Still not what you want. And terminal is the only application I see this behavior.

@ffes commented on GitHub (Nov 14, 2019): To add to my previous comment... It only happens when you disable the taskbar on secondary screens. So that means is it full screen on a secondary screen and the switch to silent mode is at least explainable. Maybe there is a check for window size vs screen size (just speculating). Still not what you want. And terminal is the only application I see this behavior.
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@DHowett-MSFT commented on GitHub (Mar 2, 2020):

This is the same root cause as /dup #1438, so I'm going to merge them together as "the class of issues about windows thinking we're a game and suppressing shell features."

@DHowett-MSFT commented on GitHub (Mar 2, 2020): This is the same root cause as /dup #1438, so I'm going to merge them together as "the class of issues about windows thinking we're a game and suppressing shell features."
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@ghost commented on GitHub (Mar 2, 2020):

Hi! We've identified this issue as a duplicate of another one that already exists on this Issue Tracker. This specific instance is being closed in favor of tracking the concern over on the referenced thread. Thanks for your report!

@ghost commented on GitHub (Mar 2, 2020): Hi! We've identified this issue as a duplicate of another one that already exists on this Issue Tracker. This specific instance is being closed in favor of tracking the concern over on the referenced thread. Thanks for your report!
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@ffes commented on GitHub (Mar 17, 2020):

This is was identified and closed as a dup of #1438 which should be fixed in v0.10.761.0, but the case I describe here above in https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/issues/1840#issuecomment-537595876 and https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/issues/1840#issuecomment-553872381 are NOT fixed.

Please reopen this issue!

/cc @DHowett-MSFT

@ffes commented on GitHub (Mar 17, 2020): This is was identified and closed as a dup of #1438 which should be fixed in v0.10.761.0, but the case I describe here above in https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/issues/1840#issuecomment-537595876 and https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/issues/1840#issuecomment-553872381 are **NOT** fixed. Please reopen this issue! /cc @DHowett-MSFT
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@DHowett-MSFT commented on GitHub (Mar 17, 2020):

Thanks!

@DHowett-MSFT commented on GitHub (Mar 17, 2020): Thanks!
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@DHowett-MSFT commented on GitHub (Mar 17, 2020):

Since it's a fairly minor p3, and we're past the p3 cutoff for version 1 I'm scoping it out, but if somebody were to help us investigate and fix it I'd definitely take the fix for v1.

@DHowett-MSFT commented on GitHub (Mar 17, 2020): Since it's a fairly minor p3, and we're past the p3 cutoff for version 1 I'm scoping it out, but if somebody were to help us investigate and fix it I'd definitely take the fix for v1.
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@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Dec 9, 2021):

Okay so this seems crazy, but this seems like it's fixed on Windows 11. Neither maximizing nor fullscreening seems to trigger Focus Assist mode anymore. However, I just checked with my Windows 10 laptop and that does still hit this when fullscreening.

I'm gonna leave this open, but considering the OS Shell waws able to seemingly fix this on their side, then maybe trying to fix this on our side for Windows 10 might not be the right solution.

MSFT:27639447 looks related, MSFT:33503732 more specifically, oh that one's fixed in 22425.1001.rs_prerelease.210720-1539....

@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Dec 9, 2021): Okay so this seems crazy, but this seems like it's fixed on Windows 11. Neither maximizing nor fullscreening seems to trigger Focus Assist mode anymore. However, I just checked with my Windows 10 laptop and that _does_ still hit this when fullscreening. I'm gonna leave this open, but considering the OS Shell waws able to seemingly fix this on their side, then maybe trying to fix this on our side for Windows 10 might not be the right solution. MSFT:27639447 looks related, MSFT:33503732 more specifically, oh that one's fixed in `22425.1001.rs_prerelease.210720-1539`....
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@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Dec 9, 2021):

Actually, looking through our internal bug tracker, I did find the fix to the OS. That was in fact MSFT:33503732 which is fixed in 22425.1001.rs_prerelease.210720-1539. The details in that bug also seem to suggest that it's definitely an OS bug, and not something that applies uniquely to the Terminal. I'm gonna mark this as a dupe of that resolved bug. The fix should be out soontm

/dup https://task.ms/33503732

@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Dec 9, 2021): Actually, looking through our internal bug tracker, I did find the fix to the OS. That was in fact MSFT:33503732 which is fixed in `22425.1001.rs_prerelease.210720-1539`. The details in that bug also seem to suggest that it's definitely an OS bug, and not something that applies uniquely to the Terminal. I'm gonna mark this as a dupe of that resolved bug. The fix should be out soon<sup>tm</sup> /dup https://task.ms/33503732
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@ghost commented on GitHub (Dec 9, 2021):

Hi! We've identified this issue as a duplicate of one that exists on somebody else's Issue Tracker. Please make sure you subscribe to the referenced external issue for future updates. Thanks for your report!

@ghost commented on GitHub (Dec 9, 2021): Hi! We've identified this issue as a duplicate of one that exists on somebody else's Issue Tracker. Please make sure you subscribe to the referenced external issue for future updates. Thanks for your report!
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Reference: starred/terminal#2585