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Bug 162754 - Opening a new tab alters the size of the terminal window
Opening a new tab alters the size of the terminal window
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 324426
Product: gnome-terminal
Classification: Core
Component: general
2.8.x
Other Linux
: Normal minor
: ---
Assigned To: Behdad Esfahbod
GNOME Terminal Maintainers
: 302411 338269 (view as bug list)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2005-01-02 22:24 UTC by Josh Joyce
Modified: 2006-05-08 10:21 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.7/2.8


Description Josh Joyce 2005-01-02 22:24:55 UTC 
1. Run gnome-terminal and look at the window size (clicking the edge of the
window as if you were going to resize it will show you the current size). It
should be 80x24.
2. Create a new tab in your gnome-terminal instance.
3. Now examine the window size; it has changed. For me it is usually 79x22.

I expect the window size to remain the same. This issue can be annoying,
especially when a program is running that depends on the window geometry
remaining fixed (like curses-based programs).
Comment 1 Mikhail Zabaluev 2005-01-30 20:20:01 UTC 
Same with me on gnome-terminal 2.8.0
Comment 2 Mikhail Zabaluev 2005-02-07 10:47:46 UTC 
As I found out, occurrence of this problem depends on the GTK theme/engine in use.
E.g. the terminal area shrinks with the LighthouseBlue theme, but stays
unchanged in Industrial.
Comment 3 Jean-Yves Lefort 2005-03-25 09:22:45 UTC 
I don't think so. I had no such problem with the same engine (bluecurve) and
gnome-terminal 2.8.0. The issue appeared after upgrading to gnome-terminal 2.10.0.

It's not even reproducible at 100%. Sometimes opening a new tab will shrink the
window, sometimes not.
Comment 4 Timo Saarinen 2005-08-08 10:00:24 UTC 
The bug appears only if you open the *second* tab which makes the tab bar 
visible. Tab bar is not visible with one tab.
Comment 5 Kjartan Maraas 2005-08-19 20:01:16 UTC 
I can't see this here using the clearlooks theme at least. Has anything changed
for any of the other reporters?
Comment 6 Jean-Yves Lefort 2005-08-19 20:14:06 UTC 
Still the same (Bluecurve 0.124, GTK+ 2.6.7, gnome-terminal 2.10.0).
Comment 7 Jeff Rose 2006-02-06 12:48:58 UTC 
This happens with the default install of ubuntu breezy, and it drives many of us insane!  Especially when running vim in a full screen terminal: after creating a new terminal your command line is below the bottom of the screen...
Comment 8 Sebastien Bacher 2006-03-25 15:21:40 UTC 
Ubuntu bug about that: https://launchpad.net/products/gnome-terminal/+bug/35342

"In dapper, the geometry size of the terminal window increases when opening and closing tabs. The steps to reproduce the problem is:

1.- Open a terminal:
    $> gnome-terminal --geometry 90x40
2.- In the terminal create a new tab with control+alt+T
3.- Close the new tab with exit
4.- Oops, remaining terminal window is 90x41 not 90x40

Dapper with last updates (17-03-2006)"
Comment 9 Behdad Esfahbod 2006-04-12 21:34:43 UTC 
*** Bug 338269 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 10 carmen 2006-04-27 10:47:29 UTC 
with 2.14.0,opening a tab: window grows (to make room for tab bar), terminal size stays same. closing tab: window stays same, terminal grows (to fill area where tabs were). has the effect of continually-expanding-terminal. its now second nature for me to instantly resize the window after adding a tab so the bottom is not off the screen..
Comment 11 Behdad Esfahbod 2006-05-08 10:20:27 UTC 
*** Bug 302411 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 12 Behdad Esfahbod 2006-05-08 10:21:06 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 324426 ***