Please try it and tell me whether the frame size history (hoperemains empty now. > > 1. when the frame flashes: > > > > Frame size history of # > > tab-bar-lines (3), TS=640x610~>640x612, TC=80x35~>80x36, IS=656x610~>656x612, MS=32x51 IH IV > > tab-bar-lines (3), TS=640x612~>640x610, TC=80x36~>80x35, IS=656x612~>656x610, MS=80x85 IH IV > > x_make_frame_visible > > set_window_configuration (4), MS=80x85 IH IV > > > > 2. when no flash after adding sit-for in window--display-buffer: > > > > Frame size history of # > > tab-bar-lines (3), TS=640x610~>640x612, TC=80x35~>80x36, IS=656x610~>656x612, MS=32x51 IH IV > > tab-bar-lines (3), TS=640x612~>640x610, TC=80x36~>80x35, IS=656x612~>656x610, MS=32x51 IH IV > > x_make_frame_visible > > set_window_configuration (4), MS=80x85 IH IV > > Didn't you earlier say that all this happens in a maximized frame? The > sizes above seem to contradict that. In either case, someone requests > to enlarge and shrink the tab bar by two pixels which contradicts your > earlier "and the tab bar is not resized". So who wants to do that to > the tab bar and why? And who wants to set the window configuration here > and why? What apparently happens is the following: x_set_tab_bar_lines (why?) gets called all the time with a VALUE of 1 and translates that to FRAME_LINE_HEIGHT (f) when calling x_change_tab_bar_height. So the latter sets FRAME_TAB_BAR_HEIGHT (f) to FRAME_LINE_HEIGHT (f) which is two pixels less than the height needed to display the tab bar. This means we enlarge and move upwards the root window by two pixels and later shrink and move it down when redisplay has calculated the new size. The attached patch tries to fix that. Note that a simple nlines != olines is not sufficient since the tab bar occupies 2 lines while VALUE is 1. Maybe we should do a similar thing for the tool and/or menu bars (but I recall that some builds do process a VALUE > 1 specially for them). martin