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fix(web): restoring a minimized Windows window no longer shifts the layout - #27973
On Windows desktop, restoring a minimized window shows the wrong layout for about 170ms. Content sits about 15px too low and the panel buttons draw over the minimize, maximize, and close buttons, then everything snaps into place. Seen on T3 Code (Beta) 0.1.5, Windows 11 build 26200. The relevant code is unchanged on main.
Change
Electron reports an empty window controls overlay while the window is minimized, which makes env(titlebar-area-*) undefined. The .wco variables then fell back to 52px and no reserved space, and wco was removed. The page laid out that way while minimized, and that layout appeared on restore.
On Windows desktop, the wco class now stays on while minimized, and index.css uses fixed defaults as the env() fallbacks: 40px for the top bar and 137px for the window buttons. env() still decides the layout whenever the overlay is visible, so maximize, fullscreen, macOS, Linux, and web are unaffected.
The trade-off is app zoom. 137px is the width at 100%, and the real width should shrink as zoom goes up, so a zoomed window may show the panel buttons slightly too far left until the overlay returns. They do not overlap the window buttons. Measuring the exact width would remove that, but it is not worth the extra code for a moment this short.
Scope and approval
This reports the failure in #5369 (retest and root cause). That issue was closed on a browser-only confirmation, with a note to share reproduction details if the desktop shift persisted. No maintainer has re-triaged it yet.
This is one bug fix with no new behavior. #5996 attempted the same bug and was closed during PR cleanup.
Verification
Current CI: all eight required checks pass on 094584600e53e916c0ea71fcfafb11a4480b4a17; none are pending or failing. Runtime results below are historical and were not repeated on this head.
Regression test:windowControlsOverlay.browser.test.ts failed before the fix and passes after.
Real desktop dev app (Windows 11, Electron 44.10.0, 100% scale), minimize driven by script:
State
overlay.visible
Top bar height
Controls inset
Normal
true
40px
149px
Minimized, with fix
false
40px
149px
Minimized, old fallbacks (measured on the previous commit)
false
52px
12px
Restored
true
40px
149px
Standalone Electron window:overlay.visible goes false only while minimized and stayed true in fullscreen, so this needs no fullscreen handling.
Checks: format, lint, @t3tools/web typecheck, React compiler coverage, and knip pass. They ran individually and through the commit hook, because vp run check:changed could not spawn vp in this Windows setup.
Not verified:
A real taskbar restore with the fix. A scripted restore showed no flash on screen with or without a fix, so a screen recording of it proves nothing, and the table above is the evidence.
Scales other than 100%, and zoomed windows, including the zoom trade-off above.
…ayout
Windows reports an empty window controls overlay while minimized, so the
titlebar variables fell back to their defaults and the stale layout showed
on restore. Keep the last overlay geometry as the env() fallback instead.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Walkthrough
Electron on Windows now preserves the window-controls-overlay class when the overlay is hidden. CSS uses fallback titlebar dimensions when environment values are unavailable. A browser test checks the class and rendered dimensions.
On Electron for Windows, synchronization leaves the overlay class unchanged when the overlay is hidden unless the window is fullscreen. CSS uses fallback values of 40px for titlebar height and 137px for control width. The browser test checks that the class remains and the measured layout is 40px high and 149px wide, then checks that fullscreen removes the class.
This change stops the layout from briefly shifting when a minimized Windows window is restored. The remaining known trade-off is a small, temporary offset at non-default zoom, which was accepted. Merge risk is minimal.
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The title names the fix: restoring a minimized Windows window no longer shifts the layout. The raw summary shows the change keeps the wco class during minimize on Windows desktop and adds fixed env() fallbacks, which addresses that layout shift. The title is specific and follows the conventional commit format the template suggests.
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The description follows the repository template closely. It has the Problem, Change, Scope, and Verification sections. The Problem section states the symptom, the platform, and the app version. The Change section explains the root cause and the fix, and it states the zoom trade-off. The Scope section links issue #5369 and explains why this is a single bug fix. The Verification section includes a regression test result, a before/after state table from a real Windows 11 desktop run, the checks that were run, and an explicit list of items not verified. Visual evidence is included, with a note that no after recording exists. The template asks for a conventional commit title. The description does not show a title, so that part cannot be confirmed from the provided context. The description also does not state a title. This is a minor gap and does not affect the overall assessment.
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Reserve the known top bar height and window button width in CSS instead of
saving measured values at runtime. env() still decides the layout whenever
the overlay is visible.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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- Line 1763: Update --wco-fallback-controls-width so minimized .wco uses the
last valid zoom-adjusted controls width instead of a fixed 137px value,
preserving the right inset when env(titlebar-area-width) is unavailable.
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Keeping .wco whenever the overlay hides also kept it in fullscreen, which
hides the native buttons for real and left an empty controls gap. Keep the
class only while the window is not fullscreen.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
This PR changes the test suite by +1 test cases (browser +1, unit 0, server 0).
New browser test files: apps/web/src/lib/windowControlsOverlay.browser.test.ts.
Each browser test file costs CI seconds of module loading before its first test runs; a unit test costs milliseconds.
Keep tests that would fail for a real reason, and test logic below the UI where it can be. See Testing.
The automated pipeline stopped on this pull request and will not merge it:
the fix is written and reviewed, but proving it needs something no worker has:
Permanent blocker: a real Windows 11 desktop is needed to capture the plain taskbar minimize/restore flash without forcing a renderer paint. The pool provides Windows Server 2025; the supplied prior reproduction did not establish the natural trigger there, and the brief prohibits substituting unavailable conditions.
Windows fullscreen entry and exit remain unverified, including whether fullscreen state and overlay geometry settle together.
Caption-button clearance at browser zoom and display-scaling levels other than 100% remains unverified.
Keeping this browser test: it loads the real CSS and measures painted titlebar dimensions after the minimized-overlay transition, then checks fullscreen reversal. A unit-only test would miss the CSS regression. No additional browser coverage added.
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Problem
On Windows desktop, restoring a minimized window shows the wrong layout for about 170ms. Content sits about 15px too low and the panel buttons draw over the minimize, maximize, and close buttons, then everything snaps into place. Seen on T3 Code (Beta) 0.1.5, Windows 11 build 26200. The relevant code is unchanged on
main.Change
Electron reports an empty window controls overlay while the window is minimized, which makes
env(titlebar-area-*)undefined. The.wcovariables then fell back to 52px and no reserved space, andwcowas removed. The page laid out that way while minimized, and that layout appeared on restore.On Windows desktop, the
wcoclass now stays on while minimized, andindex.cssuses fixed defaults as theenv()fallbacks: 40px for the top bar and 137px for the window buttons.env()still decides the layout whenever the overlay is visible, so maximize, fullscreen, macOS, Linux, and web are unaffected.The trade-off is app zoom. 137px is the width at 100%, and the real width should shrink as zoom goes up, so a zoomed window may show the panel buttons slightly too far left until the overlay returns. They do not overlap the window buttons. Measuring the exact width would remove that, but it is not worth the extra code for a moment this short.
Scope and approval
This reports the failure in #5369 (retest and root cause). That issue was closed on a browser-only confirmation, with a note to share reproduction details if the desktop shift persisted. No maintainer has re-triaged it yet.
This is one bug fix with no new behavior. #5996 attempted the same bug and was closed during PR cleanup.
Verification
Current CI: all eight required checks pass on
094584600e53e916c0ea71fcfafb11a4480b4a17; none are pending or failing. Runtime results below are historical and were not repeated on this head.Regression test:
windowControlsOverlay.browser.test.tsfailed before the fix and passes after.Real desktop dev app (Windows 11, Electron 44.10.0, 100% scale), minimize driven by script:
overlay.visibletruefalsefalsetrueoverlay.visiblegoesfalseonly while minimized and stayedtruein fullscreen, so this needs no fullscreen handling.@t3tools/webtypecheck, React compiler coverage, and knip pass. They ran individually and through the commit hook, becausevp run check:changedcould not spawnvpin this Windows setup.Not verified:
Visual evidence (before the fix, T3 Code (Beta) 0.1.5, Windows 11, real taskbar restore):
Half-speed recording:
t3code-windows-restore-shift-half-speed.mp4
Shifted frame above the settled layout:
There is no after recording, for the reason listed under Not verified.
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