microsoft/Terminal

Panes should be resizable with the mouse

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#992 opened on May 24, 2019

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Description

Probably depends on #991 getting done first

Drag a separator to (recursively) resize the panes that are separated by that separator.

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Research direction
First, understand the dependency on issue #991 which likely introduces pane splitting. Then, study how panes and separators are rendered and managed in the codebase. Implement mouse event handling to detect drag on separators and recursively resize adjacent panes based on the drag delta. Ensure the resize logic respects minimum pane sizes.
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cpp
Domain
desktop
Issue type
Feature
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4
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Over 1 week
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Active
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Clear
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25