I can confirm the problem still exist in the final release of Ubuntu Raring and it is indeed very annoying.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-terminal in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1040885 Title: gnome-terminal auto-restores its size Status in GNOME Terminal: Fix Released Status in “gnome-terminal” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Occurs on Quantal and Raring TEST CASE 1. Press CTRL+ALT+T to launch a terminal 2. Press CTRL+SHIFT+T to open a new tab 3. Make sure the second tab is active and resize the window (Alt+Middle mouse button or Windows handles) 4. Click on the desktop ACTUAL RESULT Size of the terminal is restored to its initial size. It doesn't occur if the window is resized while first tab is active. EXPECTED RESULT The terminal doesn't autoresize with the user clicks on the desktop ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: gnome-terminal 3.5.90-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-11.11-generic 3.5.2 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-11-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.5.1-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 Date: Thu Aug 23 23:21:07 2012 ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: gnome-terminal UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-01-31 (204 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-terminal/+bug/1040885/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp