Scrolling in WSL vim will scroll the terminal up rather than the text file up #15123

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opened 2026-01-31 04:29:16 +00:00 by claunia · 0 comments
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Originally created by @vincha04 on GitHub (Sep 7, 2021).

When I try to scroll up on a log file (one that is long as well as ones that are short) in vim using a mouse or trackpad, I'm used to the scroll wheel scrolling the cursor in vim. However, in windows terminal, it seems to scroll the terminal history instead. PgUp and PgDn seems to work in regards to scrolling the vim log, but not scroll wheel.

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Not sure if this is a setting I'm not setting, or something about windows terminal that I am not setting. May a kind soul help me regain my productivity? :(

Thanks for the help

Originally created by @vincha04 on GitHub (Sep 7, 2021). When I try to scroll up on a log file (one that is long as well as ones that are short) in vim using a mouse or trackpad, I'm used to the scroll wheel scrolling the cursor in vim. However, in windows terminal, it seems to scroll the terminal history instead. PgUp and PgDn seems to work in regards to scrolling the vim log, but not scroll wheel. ![log1](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/44007494/132395120-71c74aca-3816-46e9-85ef-37e0d81e4c38.png) ![log2](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/44007494/132395126-6e6a2d60-a8a4-429e-9c9f-a23d589f27c4.png) Not sure if this is a setting I'm not setting, or something about windows terminal that I am not setting. May a kind soul help me regain my productivity? :( Thanks for the help
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Reference: starred/terminal#15123