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extremely small window size when setting macos-titlebar-style to native on tip version of ghostty #11256
Description
Discussed in #11235
Originally posted by synkathairo March 8, 2026
Issue Description
incorrect window size on launch, which is extremely small
Expected Behavior
the window size should be the default one or the one specified by the user
Actual Behavior
the window size upon launching ghostty is extremely small, when macos-titlebar-style = native
Reproduction Steps
set macos-titlebar-style = native on tip version of ghostty, open the app from a fully quit state
Ghostty Logs
Filtering the log data using "subsystem == "com.mitchellh.ghostty""
Timestamp Thread Type Activity PID TTL
2026-03-08 12:53:05.664305-0400 0xc5c706 Info 0x0 54797 0 ghostty: [com.mitchellh.ghostty:default] ghostty version=1.3.0-main+2d9dc5cfd
2026-03-08 12:53:05.664828-0400 0xc5c706 Info 0x0 54797 0 ghostty: [com.mitchellh.ghostty:default] ghostty build optimize=ReleaseFast
2026-03-08 12:53:05.664849-0400 0xc5c706 Info 0x0 54797 0 ghostty: [com.mitchellh.ghostty:default] runtime=.none
2026-03-08 12:53:05.664864-0400 0xc5c706 Info 0x0 54797 0 ghostty: [com.mitchellh.ghostty:default] font_backend=.coretext
2026-03-08 12:53:05.664880-0400 0xc5c706 Info 0x0 54797 0 ghostty: [com.mitchellh.ghostty:default] renderer=renderer.generic.Renderer(renderer.Metal)
2026-03-08 12:53:05.664894-0400 0xc5c706 Info 0x0 54797 0 ghostty: [com.mitchellh.ghostty:default] libxev default backend=kqueue
2026-03-08 12:53:05.671041-0400 0xc5c706 Info 0x0 54797 0 ghostty: [com.mitchellh.ghostty:os_locale] os_locale: detected system locale=en_US.UTF-8
2026-03-08 12:53:05.671274-0400 0xc5c706 Info 0x0 54797 0 ghostty: [com.mitchellh.ghostty:os_locale] os_locale: setlocale from env result=en_US.UTF-8
2026-03-08 12:53:05.673392-0400 0xc5c708 Info 0x0 54797 0 ghostty: [com.mitchellh.ghostty:sentry] sentry: sentry envelope does not contain crash, discarding
2026-03-08 12:53:05.757086-0400 0xc5c706 Info 0x0 54797 0 ghostty: [com.mitchellh.ghostty:default] reading configuration file path=/Users/user/Library/Application Support/com.mitchellh.ghostty/config
2026-03-08 12:53:05.757347-0400 0xc5c706 Info 0x0 54797 0 ghostty: [com.mitchellh.ghostty:cli] cli: compatibility handler for bold-is-bright handled error, you may be using a deprecated field: error.InvalidField
2026-03-08 12:53:05.757409-0400 0xc5c706 Info 0x0 54797 0 ghostty: [com.mitchellh.ghostty:default] reading configuration file path=/Users/user/Library/Application Support/com.mitchellh.ghostty/config
2026-03-08 12:53:05.757438-0400 0xc5c706 Info 0x0 54797 0 ghostty: [com.mitchellh.ghostty:cli] cli: compatibility handler for bold-is-bright handled error, you may be using a deprecated field: error.InvalidField
2026-03-08 12:53:05.757465-0400 0xc5c706 Error 0x0 54797 0 ghostty: [com.mitchellh.ghostty:config] config: both config files `/Users/user/Library/Application Support/com.mitchellh.ghostty/config` and `/Users/user/Library/Application Support/com.mitchellh.ghostty/config` exist.
2026-03-08 12:53:05.757476-0400 0xc5c706 Error 0x0 54797 0 ghostty: [com.mitchellh.ghostty:config] config: loading them both in that order
2026-03-08 12:53:05.757819-0400 0xc5c706 Info 0x0 54797 0 ghostty: [com.mitchellh.ghostty:cli] cli: compatibility handler for bold-is-bright handled error, you may be using a deprecated field: error.InvalidField
2026-03-08 12:53:05.757849-0400 0xc5c706 Info 0x0 54797 0 ghostty: [com.mitchellh.ghostty:cli] cli: compatibility handler for bold-is-bright handled error, you may be using a deprecated field: error.InvalidField
2026-03-08 12:53:05.757889-0400 0xc5c706 Info 0x0 54797 0 ghostty: [com.mitchellh.ghostty:config] config: default shell src=passwd value=/bin/zsh
2026-03-08 12:53:05.757902-0400 0xc5c706 Info 0x0 54797 0 ghostty: [com.mitchellh.ghostty:config] config: default working directory src=passwd value=/Users/user
Ghostty Version
Ghostty 1.3.0-main+2d9dc5cfd
Version
- version: 1.3.0-main+2d9dc5cfd
- channel: tip
Build Config
- Zig version : 0.15.2
- build mode : .ReleaseFast
- app runtime : .none
- font engine : .coretext
- renderer : renderer.generic.Renderer(renderer.Metal)
- libxev : kqueue
OS Version Information
macOS 15.7.4
(Linux only) Display Server
None
(Linux only) Desktop Environment/Window Manager
No response
Minimal Ghostty Configuration
window-height = 25
window-width = 80
window-padding-x = 5
window-padding-y = 2
window-padding-balance = true
window-padding-color = extend
macos-titlebar-style = nativeAdditional Relevant Configuration
No response
I acknowledge that:
- I have reviewed the FAQ and confirm that my issue is NOT among them.
- I have searched the Ghostty repository (both open and closed Discussions and Issues) and confirm this is not a duplicate of an existing issue or discussion.
- I have checked the "Preview" tab on all text fields to ensure that everything looks right, and have wrapped all configuration and code in code blocks with a group of three backticks (
```) on separate lines.
Activity
macOS: filter proper intrinsicContentSize when opening new window
macOS: filter proper intrinsicContentSize when opening new window (#1…
bo2themax commentedon Mar 9, 2026
Relatively easier to reproduce with a sleep command
macOS: add regression tests for intrinsicContentSize race (ghostty-or…
macOS: fix intrinsicContentSize race in windowDidLoad (ghostty-org#11256
macOS: fix intrinsicContentSize race in windowDidLoad (#11322)
Merge upstream-main into main (#34)