[Feature Request] Toggleable Maximize/Zoom Pane to 100% of Window Size #8809

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opened 2026-01-31 01:38:28 +00:00 by claunia · 2 comments
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Originally created by @daviddyball on GitHub (Jun 4, 2020).

Description of the new feature/enhancement

Coming from the Terminator terminal emulator in Linux, I miss the ability to "zoom" into a specific pane (e.g. If I split my terminal into 3 panes, it's sometimes nice to hide 2 and just have 1 pane taking up the whole available window space).

Proposed technical implementation details (optional)

Implement a zoomPane command that hides any panes that aren't focused and resizes the focused pane to use 100% available space. Issuing zoomPane again will restore the previous layout.

+--------+--------+          +-----------------+
|        |        |          |                 |
|        |   2    |          |                 |
|        |        |          |                 |
|  [1]   +--------+   +-->   |       [1]       |
|        |        |          |                 |
|        |   3    |          |                 |
|        |        |          |                 |
+--------+--------+          +-----------------+

[x] = focused pane

NOTE: Pane 2 and 3 are still alive, they are just hidden.

Originally created by @daviddyball on GitHub (Jun 4, 2020). # Description of the new feature/enhancement Coming from the Terminator terminal emulator in Linux, I miss the ability to "zoom" into a specific pane (e.g. If I split my terminal into 3 panes, it's sometimes nice to hide 2 and just have 1 pane taking up the whole available window space). # Proposed technical implementation details (optional) Implement a `zoomPane` command that hides any panes that aren't focused and resizes the focused pane to use 100% available space. Issuing `zoomPane` again will restore the previous layout. ``` +--------+--------+ +-----------------+ | | | | | | | 2 | | | | | | | | | [1] +--------+ +--> | [1] | | | | | | | | 3 | | | | | | | | +--------+--------+ +-----------------+ [x] = focused pane ``` NOTE: Pane `2` and `3` are still alive, they are just hidden.
claunia added the Issue-FeatureResolution-Duplicate labels 2026-01-31 01:38:28 +00:00
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@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Jun 4, 2020):

Thanks for the suggestion! Please make sure to search for duplicates when filing new issues. This is already being tracked by another issue on our repo - please refer to #996 for more discussion.

/dup #996

@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Jun 4, 2020): Thanks for the suggestion! Please make sure to [search for duplicates](https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+%22zoom+pane%22) when filing new issues. This is already being tracked by another issue on our repo - please refer to #996 for more discussion. /dup #996
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@ghost commented on GitHub (Jun 4, 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 (Jun 4, 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#8809