starred/terminal
1
0
Fork 0
mirror of https://github.com/microsoft/terminal.git synced 2026-02-03 21:25:34 +00:00
Code Issues 19.0k Packages Projects Releases 20 Wiki Activity

Fix common "wall of text" issue when commands generate lots of output #17342

New Issue
Closed
opened 2026-01-31 05:39:43 +00:00 by claunia · 3 comments
claunia commented 2026-01-31 05:39:43 +00:00
Owner
Copy Link

Originally created by @mikemaccana on GitHub (Apr 26, 2022).

Description of the new feature/enhancement

A common issue of many terminal is 'wall of text'. For example, the user runs a command, the command generates 4000 lines of text, and it's difficult to scroll, say, exactly to the beginning of the previous command to begin reading the output.

Warp is a new terminal that purports to solve this issue image. Windows Terminal should solve it too.

Proposed technical implementation details (optional)

I can't use Warp (it doesn't have a Windows version yet) but I propose a simple implementation would be to allow the user to specify their prompt, so pressing (some shortcut key) will return to the previous instance of that prompt.

______________________________________________________
$: ls /dir

(5000 lines of text)
______________________________________________________
$: (pressing somekeyboard combo goes to last instance of `$:`

There may be a better way though. Shell prompt could signal the terminal somehow (like the shell beep does).

Originally created by @mikemaccana on GitHub (Apr 26, 2022). # Description of the new feature/enhancement A common issue of many terminal is 'wall of text'. For example, the user runs a command, the command generates 4000 lines of text, and it's difficult to scroll, say, exactly to the beginning of the previous command to begin reading the output. [Warp](https://www.warp.dev/) is a new terminal that purports to solve this issue ![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/172594/165341634-d11a9d78-66c7-43ab-b7a0-161a6713347f.png). Windows Terminal should solve it too. # Proposed technical implementation details (optional) I can't use Warp (it doesn't have a Windows version yet) but I propose a simple implementation would be to allow the user to specify their prompt, so pressing (some shortcut key) will return to the previous instance of that prompt. ``` ______________________________________________________ $: ls /dir (5000 lines of text) ______________________________________________________ $: (pressing somekeyboard combo goes to last instance of `$:` ``` There may be a better way though. Shell prompt could signal the terminal somehow (like the shell beep does).
claunia added the Issue-FeatureResolution-Duplicate labels 2026-01-31 05:39:43 +00:00
claunia commented 2026-01-31 05:39:44 +00:00
Author
Owner
Copy Link

@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Apr 26, 2022):

Boy would you be interested in #12948 😉

gh-12948-scroll-between-marks
fig 4: scrolling between marks

/dup #11000

@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Apr 26, 2022): Boy would you be interested in #12948 😉 > ![gh-12948-scroll-between-marks](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/18356694/164290677-ffaafe09-81c4-4181-a4b8-db79a8aed235.gif) > _fig 4: scrolling between marks_ /dup #11000
claunia commented 2026-01-31 05:39:45 +00:00
Author
Owner
Copy Link

@ghost commented on GitHub (Apr 26, 2022):

Hi! We've identified this issue as a duplicate of another one that already exists on this Issue Tracker. This specific instance is being closed in favor of tracking the concern over on the referenced thread. Thanks for your report!

@ghost commented on GitHub (Apr 26, 2022): Hi! We've identified this issue as a duplicate of another one that already exists on this Issue Tracker. This specific instance is being closed in favor of tracking the concern over on the referenced thread. Thanks for your report!
claunia commented 2026-01-31 05:39:45 +00:00
Author
Owner
Copy Link

@mikemaccana commented on GitHub (Apr 26, 2022):

@zadjii-msft Yes, yes I would 💯

@mikemaccana commented on GitHub (Apr 26, 2022): @zadjii-msft Yes, yes I would 💯
Sign in to join this conversation.
No Branch/Tag Specified
Branches Tags
Labels
Clear labels
⛺ Reserved
A11yCO
A11yMAS
A11ySev1
A11ySev2
A11ySev3
A11yTTValidated
A11yUsable
A11yVoiceAccess
A11yWCAG
Area-Accessibility
Area-AtlasEngine
Area-AzureShell
Area-Build
Area-Build
Area-Chat
Area-CmdPal
Area-CodeHealth
Area-Commandline
Area-CookedRead
Area-DefApp
Area-Extensibility
Area-Fonts
Area-GroupPolicy
Area-i18n
Area-Input
Area-Interaction
Area-Interop
Area-Localization
Area-Output
Area-Performance
Area-Portable
Area-Quality
Area-Remoting
Area-Rendering
Area-Schema
Area-Server
Area-Settings
Area-SettingsUI
Area-ShellExtension
Area-ShellExtension
Area-ShellExtension
Area-Suggestions
Area-Suggestions
Area-TerminalConnection
Area-TerminalControl
Area-Theming
Area-UserInterface
Area-VT
Area-Windowing
Area-WPFControl
AutoMerge
Blocking-Ingestion
Culprit-Centennial
Culprit-WinUI
Disability-All
Disability-Blind
Disability-LowVision
Disability-Mobility
External-Blocked-WinUI3
Fixed
Gathering-Data
good first issue
HCL-E+D
HCL-WindowsTerminal
Help Wanted
Impact-Compatibility
Impact-Compliance
Impact-Correctness
Impact-Visual
In-PR
InclusionBacklog
InclusionBacklog-Windows TerminalWin32
InclusionCommitted-202206
Issue-Bug
Issue-Docs
Issue-Feature
Issue-Feature
Issue-Question
Issue-Samples
Issue-Scenario
Issue-Task
Needs-Attention
Needs-Author-Feedback
Needs-Bisect
Needs-Discussion
Needs-Repro
Needs-Tag-Fix
Needs-Tag-Fix
Needs-Triage
No-Recent-Activity
Priority-0
Priority-1
Priority-2
Priority-3
Product-Cmd.exe
Product-Colortool
Product-Colortool
Product-Colortool
Product-Conhost
Product-Conpty
Product-Meta
Product-Powershell
Product-Terminal
Product-WSL
pull-request
Mirrored from GitHub Pull Request
 Resolution-Answered
Resolution-By-Design
Resolution-Duplicate
Resolution-External
Resolution-Fix-Available
Resolution-Fix-Committed
Resolution-No-Repro
Resolution-Won't-Fix
Severity-Blocking
Severity-Crash
Severity-DataLoss
spam
this-will-be-a-breaking-change
Tracking-External
WindowsTerminal_Win32
Work-Item
zAskModeBug
zInbox-Bug
No Label Issue-Feature Resolution-Duplicate
Milestone
No items
No Milestone
Projects
Clear projects
No project
Assignees
Clear assignees
claunia
No Assignees
1 Participants
Notifications
Due Date
No due date set.
Dependencies

No dependencies set.

Reference: starred/terminal#17342
Delete Branch "%!s()"

Deleting a branch is permanent. Although the deleted branch may continue to exist for a short time before it actually gets removed, it CANNOT be undone in most cases. Continue?