From ebba5dbe0810504eb1e212f9399bc8cd7feeefaf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kovid Goyal <kovid@kovidgoyal.net>
Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2026 17:00:34 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Ensure full titlebar line is erased to current background
 before re-drawing

---
 kitty/window_title_bar.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kitty/window_title_bar.py b/kitty/window_title_bar.py
index 7b40ebdbf..c6d0b509e 100644
--- a/kitty/window_title_bar.py
+++ b/kitty/window_title_bar.py
@@ -134,7 +134,6 @@ class WindowTitleBarScreen:
         opts = get_options()
         s = self.screen
         s.cursor.x = 0
-        s.erase_in_line(2, False)
 
         is_active = data.is_active
         if is_active:
@@ -181,6 +180,7 @@ class WindowTitleBarScreen:
         title_str = str(title)
         align = opts.window_title_bar_align
 
+        s.erase_in_line(2, False)
         if align == 'left':
             draw_attributed_string(title_str, s)
         else: