No padding in tab well to move the window

[jiasli]

Windows Terminal version

1.11.3471.0

Windows build number

10.0.19044.0

Other Software

No response

Steps to reproduce

Edge's tab well has padding to move the window:

But Windows Terminal doesn't have that padding that allows me to move the window:

The only part allowing moving the window is here:

This becomes annoying when the Windows Terminal window is moved beyond the right edge of the screen and that part is squeezed beyond the edge. Now you can't move the window:

Expected Behavior

Windows Terminal's tab well should have an area allowing moving the window.

Actual Behavior

Windows Terminal's tab well doesn't have an area allowing moving the window.

[zadjii-msft]

You know, at first I was just gonna dupe this over to #1375. This is kinda a known limitation with the way the Terminal window is implemented, which makes doing this INCREDIBLY challenging.

But, I actually had some talks with folks in User32 this week and they enlightened me that I'll probably need to do this as a part of #1256. I'm not gonna close this out, but instead link it up to #1256 via #5000, to make sure I get back to this.

Thanks!

[jiasli]

Thank you @zadjii-msft for the quick response! I have to admit it is a little bit hard to find those MEGA issues. 🤣

Really appreciate all the hard work your team has been doing to make Windows Terminal such a wonderful app!

[KalleOlaviNiemitalo]

An easy workaround is to move the window by pressing e.g. Windows key+Left arrow and then drag it to the desired location.

Alternatively, if you can open the system menu of the window by pressing Alt+Space or via the task bar, then you can choose Move from there and move the window that way.

[Araxeus]

I actually have a padding on mine, but the annoying part is that it can't be dragged even tho it exist !

[marknn3]

Alternatively, if you can open the system menu of the window by pressing Alt+Space or via the task bar, then you can choose Move from there and move the window that way.

This does not work when you have 'PowerToys Run' installed with default settings, as I had. But that's just an unfortunate coincidence.

But Windows key+Left arrow does work as a workaround. Thanks.

[fireattack]

The narrow padding on the left of the first tab should also be draggable.

That's the case for Edge, Chrome, etc., and this can solve the problem when the current dragging area is beyond the right edge.