Minimizing other windows causes ConEmu to be restored

[asfarley]

Whenever I minimize any other windows (Chrome, Notepad++) with ConEmu already minimized, ConEmu is restored/maximized. I can't see any key hooks that would cause this. Am I missing a configuration setting?

This seems to only be happening with the Quake mode hotkey enabled. When I disable it, ConEmu is not affected by other windows being minimized.

[Maximus5]

ConEmu do not do that. Probably done third party software if even Windows itself is responsible for that. Without your config and/or log files I can't say more.

[madispp]

I have the same issue on Win 7 64-bit since as long as I can remember. Notably, it occurs when minimizing with "Quake style slide down" shortcut. I uploaded two variants of logs with settings.xml.

First (conemu-bug) was produced like this:

1. Open explorer window
2. Run Conemu with -log parameter: conemu slides from top with cmd, takes focus;
3. Press minimize shortcut: conemu slides back up, removes focus;
4. Click minimize button on explorer window that was opened before: explorer minimizes (I have disabled windows minimize animations), conemu slides from top, takes focus;
5. Restore explorer again from task bar (did it to copy conemu logs).

Second log describes situation where the bug does not occur (conemu does not restore automatically). It (conemu-normal) was produced like this:

1. Open explorer window;
2. Run Conemu with -log parameter: conemu slides from top with cmd, takes focus;
3. Click on Conemu icon on the task bar: conemu slides back up, removes focus;
4. Click minimize button on explorer window that was opened before; explorer minimizes: nothing visible happens, conemu does not slide down from top.

[Maximus5]

[Maximus5/ConEmu] Minimizing other windows causes ConEmu to be restored (I #210)

[Merrit]

I've been using ConEmu for about a week and this issue has been driving me a bit nuts (Windows 10 x64). I can't see anything in settings that could cause this. At the end of the day, I tend to close or minimize all my programs to show just the desktop - and invariably ConEmu suddenly slides down without being called.

[artyhedgehog]

Does anyone know any workaround for this? Maybe some change in settings helps?

[Maximus5]

I don't see problems with ConEmu build 180626 started as ConEmu64.exe -basic -quake -run cmd.exe. Windows 10 17134

[Merrit]

I updated to ConEmu 180626, Windows 10 1803.

This is a really bizarre issue. Not been able to reproduce with the -basic flag, but then I can only get it to happen sporadically when ConEmu is launched normally. Something like 1 time out of 10, minimizing/closing all windows causes it, but I can't get it to trigger every time.

If I figure out how to reproduce reliably I will update.

Here it is in action.

[Maximus5]

Few hints... It may depends on:

• representation of ConEmu on TaskBar
• Z-order - after minimization all other applications Windows tries to set focus in ConEmu in some cases

[Merrit]

That's a good point, I did hide the button from my taskbar. I wonder if others with this issue have done the same?

[asfarley]

I've just tested on my PC (Win10 Pro x64 build 1803) and I cannot reproduce the issue. I followed the procedure described by @madispe. I'm using the 64-bit version of ConEmu.

I'll post back if I see the issue occur again. This is a different PC than the one I originally reported the issue on so it's hard to know whether something changed in ConEmu, Win10, or something else.

[mirrana]

I can reliably replicate this issue on a brand new install of Windows 10 (version 1903, build 18362.239) with the latest version of conemu as of today (190714). Also, right now, I'm in a remote desktop session connected to this machine. This is not a normal use case, but is only temporary for now since I'm setting up the environment.

I have Conemu open with the quake mode feature enabled. When I right-click the desktop to open the display settings, and then close the window (with nothing else open on my screen) the conemu window will scroll down on its own. However, if I minimize the window, it doesn't trigger the slide down. Moreover, if I minimize and then maximize it again, I can safely close it without triggering the slide down.

So it seems to always happen when I open the display settings from the desktop and then close the window without minimizing it first. Doesn't seem to happen with all windows. Can't reproduce it reliably with explorer windows, for example...

I've attached my conemu.xml file so you can maybe use this to debug as well.

ConEmu.zip

[mirrana]

I should also point out that I have determined that enabling "auto-hide on focus lose" seems to prevent the problem, but that causes additional behavior that I don't want.

[ipetrushevskiy]

I have the same issue. I can reproduce it using standard calculator. Just open it and then - close.

Windows 10 1903

ConEmu.zip