From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from m0.truegem.net (m0.truegem.net [69.55.228.47]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8DC2D3857C69 for ; Mon, 26 Apr 2021 00:15:57 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 sourceware.org 8DC2D3857C69 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=maxrnd.com Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=mark@maxrnd.com Received: (from daemon@localhost) by m0.truegem.net (8.12.11/8.12.11) id 13Q0Ftil089499; Sun, 25 Apr 2021 17:15:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mark@maxrnd.com) Received: from 162-235-43-67.lightspeed.irvnca.sbcglobal.net(162.235.43.67), claiming to be "[192.168.1.20]" via SMTP by m0.truegem.net, id smtpdRjTmxY; Sun Apr 25 17:15:51 2021 Subject: Re: mintty window border? To: cygwin@cygwin.com Cc: Jim Garrison References: <65d75c6b-b532-562d-22a9-a2e2a1b1b37d@jhmg.net> From: Mark Geisert Message-ID: Date: Sun, 25 Apr 2021 17:15:52 -0700 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/52.0 SeaMonkey/2.49.4 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <65d75c6b-b532-562d-22a9-a2e2a1b1b37d@jhmg.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, KAM_DMARC_STATUS, KAM_LAZY_DOMAIN_SECURITY, NICE_REPLY_A, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_NONE, TXREP autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: cygwin@cygwin.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: General Cygwin discussions and problem reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2021 00:16:00 -0000 Jim Garrison via Cygwin wrote: > Mintty's window does not seem to have any border at the left and bottom. > The top of the window has the title menu bar and the right side is the > scroll bar.  When I have multiple mintty windows open, and they overlap, > since there is no border, one window blends into another. > > I searched mintty's options and there doesn't seem to be a way to > specify a border.  If the window background is a light color, there's > a subtle drop shadow that helps a bit, but with a dark style it's > impossible to distinguish the windows. > > Here's a sample: > https://drive.google.com/file/d/10zKWdie_nA-_hzsN8i_GeCw7VadJBmol/view?usp=sharing > > Is there a way to make it draw a border? As Thomas pointed out, not mintty's fault. I ran into the same issue on first upgrade to Windows 10. Windows 7 allowed one to set window borders; Windows 8 and up don't. But one can adjust registry entries to fix the issue. Check here: https://www.thewindowsclub.com/change-desktop-windows-metrics-border-width-windows-8 The fix outlined there works for Windows 10 too. HTH, ..mark