Bug Report: Alt tab inserts tabs in to cygwin terminals

Zarquan zarquan314@gmail.com
Sun Jun 8 21:02:32 GMT 2025


I use cygwin to run experiments on protocols on Windows using bash
scripts.  I often am running multiple programs that interact with each
other, so I alt-tab between the consoles.  Unfortunately, when I alt-tab to
or from a cygwin console, it adds a bunch of spaces to the outputs, which
is annoying to deal with.

It is behaving as though I am pressing tab in the console, which I
technically am, but it is intercepting the Windows hotkey.

Is this a known problem?  Is there a solution?


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