starred/terminal
1
0
Fork 0
mirror of https://github.com/microsoft/terminal.git synced 2026-09-25 00:15:10 +00:00
Code Issues 19.0k Packages Projects Releases 20 Wiki Activity

Moving focus between panes doesn't always work #4238

New Issue
Closed
opened 2026-01-30 23:41:45 +00:00 by claunia · 5 comments
claunia commented 2026-01-30 23:41:45 +00:00
Owner
Copy Link

Originally created by @zadjii-msft on GitHub (Oct 3, 2019).

Messing around with panes today, and found it wasn't walways possible to move focus correctly. This was the setup:

image

I believe the tree was like this:


  +--------------------------------------------------------------+
  | +---------------------------+ +----------------------------+ |
  | | +----------+ +----------+ | | +------------------------+ | |
  | | |          | | +------+ | | | |                        | | |
  | | |          | | |      | | | | |                        | | |
  | | |          | | |  2   | | | | |             4          | | |
  | | |          | | |      | | | | |                        | | |
  | | |    1     | | +------+ | | | |                        | | |
  | | |          | |          | | | +------------------------+ | |
  | | |          | | +------+ | | | +------------------------+ | |
  | | |          | | |      | | | | | +--------------------+ | | |
  | | |          | | |      | | | | | |          5         | | | |
  | | |          | | |  3   | | | | | +--------------------+ | | |
  | | |          | | |      | | | | | +--------------------+ | | |
  | | |          | | |      | | | | | |          6         | | | |
  | | |          | | +------+ | | | | +--------------------+ | | |
  | | +----------+ +----------+ | | +------------------------+ | |
  | +---------------------------+ +----------------------------+ |
  +--------------------------------------------------------------+

Actual

Moving from (2,3) -> 4 was NOT possible.

Expected

Moving from (2,3) -> 4 was possible.

Originally created by @zadjii-msft on GitHub (Oct 3, 2019). Messing around with panes today, and found it wasn't walways possible to move focus correctly. This was the setup: ![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/18356694/66142891-df5c4a00-e5cb-11e9-9038-3427428f574a.png) I believe the tree was like this: ``` +--------------------------------------------------------------+ | +---------------------------+ +----------------------------+ | | | +----------+ +----------+ | | +------------------------+ | | | | | | | +------+ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | | | | | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | +------+ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------+ | | | | | | | +------+ | | | +------------------------+ | | | | | | | | | | | | | +--------------------+ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | | | | | | | | | | 3 | | | | | +--------------------+ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +--------------------+ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | | | | | | | | | +------+ | | | | +--------------------+ | | | | | +----------+ +----------+ | | +------------------------+ | | | +---------------------------+ +----------------------------+ | +--------------------------------------------------------------+ ``` ## Actual Moving from (2,3) -> 4 was NOT possible. ## Expected Moving from (2,3) -> 4 was possible.
claunia commented 2026-01-30 23:41:46 +00:00
Author
Owner
Copy Link

@DHowett-MSFT commented on GitHub (Oct 3, 2019):

Related: #2398

@DHowett-MSFT commented on GitHub (Oct 3, 2019): Related: #2398
claunia commented 2026-01-30 23:41:46 +00:00
Author
Owner
Copy Link

@eduardonunesp commented on GitHub (Oct 31, 2019):

How to open panes like that I didn't find any command like newPane

@eduardonunesp commented on GitHub (Oct 31, 2019): How to open panes like that I didn't find any command like `newPane`
claunia commented 2026-01-30 23:41:46 +00:00
Author
Owner
Copy Link

@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Oct 31, 2019):

@eduardonunesp I'd refer you to https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/issues/1000#issuecomment-522547164

@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Oct 31, 2019): @eduardonunesp I'd refer you to https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/issues/1000#issuecomment-522547164
claunia commented 2026-01-30 23:41:47 +00:00
Author
Owner
Copy Link

@jwhipp commented on GitHub (Nov 21, 2019):

I've tried this and I have been able to move between panes with clicks but it doesn't always select. Sometimes a single click is enough, other times I have to click a bunch of times or select something in the pane to get to take focus.

@jwhipp commented on GitHub (Nov 21, 2019): I've tried this and I have been able to move between panes with clicks but it doesn't always select. Sometimes a single click is enough, other times I have to click a bunch of times or select something in the pane to get to take focus.
claunia commented 2026-01-30 23:41:47 +00:00
Author
Owner
Copy Link

@ghost commented on GitHub (Jan 14, 2020):

:tada:This issue was addressed in #3958, which has now been successfully released as Windows Terminal Preview v0.8.10091.0.🎉

Handy links:

@ghost commented on GitHub (Jan 14, 2020): :tada:This issue was addressed in #3958, which has now been successfully released as `Windows Terminal Preview v0.8.10091.0`.:tada: Handy links: * [Release Notes](https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/releases/tag/v0.8.10091.0) * [Store Download](https://www.microsoft.com/store/apps/9n0dx20hk701?cid=storebadge&ocid=badge)
Sign in to join this conversation.
No Branch/Tag Specified
Branches Tags
Labels
Clear labels
⛺ Reserved
A11yCO
A11yMAS
A11ySev1
A11ySev2
A11ySev3
A11yTTValidated
A11yUsable
A11yVoiceAccess
A11yWCAG
Area-Accessibility
Area-AtlasEngine
Area-AzureShell
Area-Build
Area-Build
Area-Chat
Area-CmdPal
Area-CodeHealth
Area-Commandline
Area-CookedRead
Area-DefApp
Area-Extensibility
Area-Fonts
Area-GroupPolicy
Area-i18n
Area-Input
Area-Interaction
Area-Interop
Area-Localization
Area-Output
Area-Performance
Area-Portable
Area-Quality
Area-Remoting
Area-Rendering
Area-Schema
Area-Server
Area-Settings
Area-SettingsUI
Area-ShellExtension
Area-ShellExtension
Area-ShellExtension
Area-Suggestions
Area-Suggestions
Area-TerminalConnection
Area-TerminalControl
Area-Theming
Area-UserInterface
Area-VT
Area-Windowing
Area-WPFControl
AutoMerge
Blocking-Ingestion
Culprit-Centennial
Culprit-WinUI
Disability-All
Disability-Blind
Disability-LowVision
Disability-Mobility
External-Blocked-WinUI3
Fixed
Gathering-Data
good first issue
HCL-E+D
HCL-WindowsTerminal
Help Wanted
Impact-Compatibility
Impact-Compliance
Impact-Correctness
Impact-Visual
In-PR
InclusionBacklog
InclusionBacklog-Windows TerminalWin32
InclusionCommitted-202206
Issue-Bug
Issue-Docs
Issue-Feature
Issue-Feature
Issue-Question
Issue-Samples
Issue-Scenario
Issue-Task
Needs-Attention
Needs-Author-Feedback
Needs-Bisect
Needs-Discussion
Needs-Repro
Needs-Tag-Fix
Needs-Tag-Fix
Needs-Triage
No-Recent-Activity
Priority-0
Priority-1
Priority-2
Priority-3
Product-Cmd.exe
Product-Colortool
Product-Colortool
Product-Colortool
Product-Conhost
Product-Conpty
Product-Meta
Product-Powershell
Product-Terminal
Product-WSL
pull-request
Mirrored from GitHub Pull Request
 Resolution-Answered
Resolution-By-Design
Resolution-Duplicate
Resolution-External
Resolution-Fix-Available
Resolution-Fix-Committed
Resolution-No-Repro
Resolution-Won't-Fix
Severity-Blocking
Severity-Crash
Severity-DataLoss
spam
this-will-be-a-breaking-change
Tracking-External
WindowsTerminal_Win32
Work-Item
zAskModeBug
zInbox-Bug
No Label Area-UserInterface Issue-Bug Product-Terminal Resolution-Fix-Committed
Milestone
No items
No Milestone
Projects
Clear projects
No project
Assignees
Clear assignees
claunia
No Assignees
1 Participants
Notifications
Due Date
No due date set.
Dependencies

No dependencies set.

Reference: starred/terminal#4238
Delete Branch "%!s()"

Deleting a branch is permanent. Although the deleted branch may continue to exist for a short time before it actually gets removed, it CANNOT be undone in most cases. Continue?