Feature Request: Show terminal size when resizing the window

[totkeks]

Description of the new feature/enhancement

There was this cool feature in PuTTY, that when you resize the window, it also tells you the size of the window in COLUMNS and ROWS in a small tooltip. This would make it easier for users to set the terminal to their appropriate size.

I know there is a setting for the initial size, but sometimes you want to resize your terminal to an exact size and this feature would help.

Proposed technical implementation details (optional)

Whenever the terminal window is resized by the user using either the mouse or other hotkeys, then a little tooltip will appear and show the current size (COLUMNS x ROWS) of the terminal.

[mdtauk]

This could be displayed in the status bar, when it is implemented

[Biswa96]

How about in the corner of the main window from where it is resized. I mean when we resize the window our focus is in that corner.

[zadjii-msft]

This seems like a good and reasonable feature request. IMO this doesn't need to be part of the status bar and could just be a little popup like @Biswa96 suggests.

[mcpiroman]

Just as in #2834:

how does this work with multiple panes open? Especially if the panes have different fonts or font sizes?

[egmontkob]

Just as in #2834:

how does this work with multiple panes open? Especially if the panes have different fonts or font sizes?

I don't think it's an issue here, is it? You could just show each pane's size at the corner or center of that particular pane. This is what Konsole does:

[nurbles]

I was thinking that the tab/title text of the active tab could be replaced by the size of the active tab during a resize. Or perhaps the text for every tab could show the tab's size.

The question of different fonts for each tab brings to mind all of my fixed-width font programs... The user sets the font face and the number of rows/columns and my code determines the best fit font for the current window size (leftover pixels are used as a "frame" in the background color around the text area.) Perhaps we actually want a way to right-click on a tab and say something like, "This tab ALWAYS has XX rows and YY columns." Then Windows Terminal could generate the best font for the required size.

[dstrohl]

To me;
The MVP would be to show all of the impacted sizes each time I am resizing things,

• If there are no panes, it would only show the window size, in the lower left corner or perhaps where the mouse is "pulling".
• if you have panes, and are resizing the panes (not the window), it would only show the pane sizes in the middle of the pane..
• If you have panes and are resizing the window, Show both sizes.

[rphlrmblt]

Hello, no news about this feature ?
It seems to be removed from the backlog, so nobody interested ?

[lhecker]

It only moved from one backlog to another backlog. :)
We'll gladly accept a PR for this, but we're currently not planning to work on this ourselves.