Improve text rendering consistency between WSL bash.exe and Windows Terminal #6613

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opened 2026-01-31 00:43:04 +00:00 by claunia · 2 comments
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Originally created by @robeving on GitHub (Feb 24, 2020).

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Win32NT 10.0.18363.0 Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.18363.0
Windows Terminal 0.9.433.0 - Windows Store latest

Steps to reproduce

https://github.com/migueldeicaza/gui.cs
cd gui.cs/StandaloneExample/
dotnet run

Expected behavior

  • Rendering fills Window
  • Window border does not have gaps in spacing around | char
  • Mouse movements are reported like in Bash on Windows conhost

Actual behavior

screenshot

Out of the terminal emulations I've tried (PuTTY/KiTTY, Windows Terminal and Bash on Windows), Bash on Windows correctly handles most of the display elements correctly.

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claunia added the Resolution-Duplicate label 2026-01-31 00:43:04 +00:00
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@DHowett-MSFT commented on GitHub (Feb 25, 2020):

Thanks for the report.

  • Rendering fills Window
    • This is not necessarily always going to be possible: there will always be a gutter <= 1 cell in size on the bottom and <=1 cell in size plus the side of the scrollbar on the right (assuming you have scrollbars turned on.)
  • Window border does not have gaps in spacing around | char
    • I think this is a /dup of #455
  • Mouse movements are reported like in Bash on Windows conhost

(please try to avoid filing "bucket bugs" -- they're hard for us to triage.)

@DHowett-MSFT commented on GitHub (Feb 25, 2020): Thanks for the report. * Rendering fills Window * This is not necessarily always going to be possible: there will always be a gutter <= 1 cell in size on the bottom and <=1 cell in size plus the side of the scrollbar on the right (assuming you have scrollbars turned on.) * Window border does not have gaps in spacing around | char * I think this is a /dup of #455 * Mouse movements are reported like in Bash on Windows conhost * This is a /dup of #545 (please try to avoid filing "bucket bugs" -- they're hard for us to triage.)
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@ghost commented on GitHub (Feb 25, 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 (Feb 25, 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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Reference: starred/terminal#6613