What
Tabbed screens in Claude Code no longer have an option to pad the row of tab names out to the full width. Tab headers now take only the space they need.
Why
This is a small visual change to how tabbed screens look.
Tab headers no longer stretch to full width
Tab headers in Claude Code's screens are no longer padded out to the full width of the terminal
You'll noticeTier: how much it should matter to you
1Useful: my rating, 1 to 5
0Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
Terminal UIArea: what it touches
ImprovementsKind: in v2.1.317,
ImprovementsSection of the release