GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 93012
Terminal window size changes when a second tab is created
Last modified: 2004-12-22 21:47:04 UTC
Tested with Sun beta 2 build 6 package. Source taken from gnome-2-0 by Tue Aug 27 14:57:39 BST 2002 When a second tab is created in the terminal ,the window size changes.But when more tabs are created ,the window size remains the same.When the second tab is closed , the original size is restored.
I don't think this is a bug per se, the terminal grid size is just staying constant as you add/remove tabs. There's a separate open bug to always show tabs, even when we only have one.