Steps to reproduce

1. Start Vim in a clean environment:

vim --clean

2. set laststatus and enable the netrw plugin:

:set laststatus=2
:packadd netrw

3. Open netrw:

:Lex

4. Get the window ID of the netrw window(for example:1001):

:echo win_getid()

5. Ceate a new tabpage:

:tabnew

6. Resize the netrw window in the new tabpage:

:call win_execute(1001,  'vertical resize 20')

7. Switch back to the first tabpage:

gt

8. Observed: The command-line is not visible.

9. Close the new tabpage:

:q

10. Observed: The command-line reappears.

Expected behaviour

The command-line is always visible.

Version of Vim

VIM - Vi IMproved 9.1 (2024 Jan 02, compiled Sep 19 2025 00:00:00)

Environment

OS:fedora 42
terminal: XTerm(397) and tmux(tmux-3.5a-4.fc42.x86_64)
$TERM:xterm-256color
shell:GNU bash, version 5.2.37(1)-release (x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu)

Logs and stack traces