starred/terminal
1
0
Fork 0
mirror of https://github.com/microsoft/terminal.git synced 2026-02-04 05:35:20 +00:00
Code Issues 19.0k Packages Projects Releases 20 Wiki Activity

Mouse Scrolling doesn't scroll main windows but commands #22777

New Issue
Closed
opened 2026-01-31 08:23:13 +00:00 by claunia · 3 comments
claunia commented 2026-01-31 08:23:13 +00:00
Owner
Copy Link

Originally created by @RieBi on GitHub (Jan 20, 2025).

Windows Terminal version

1.21.3231.0

Windows build number

10.0.22631.0

Other Software

No response

Steps to reproduce

  1. Open terminal
  2. Do some stuff to create history and scroll bar
  3. Wait an hour, a day, a week??
  4. Try to scroll with mouse wheel - it does not work
  5. Try to manually scroll with scroll bar at the right of the screen - it is not visible

Expected Behavior

I am able to scroll the main window (the history log of all stuff) with mouse wheel, and with scrollbar too.

Actual Behavior

I am unable to scroll the main window with mouse wheel, nor am I able to scroll it by controlling the scroll bar, because it is not visible. Pressing at up and down arrows at the respective ends of scrollbar does nothing.

Originally created by @RieBi on GitHub (Jan 20, 2025). ### Windows Terminal version 1.21.3231.0 ### Windows build number 10.0.22631.0 ### Other Software _No response_ ### Steps to reproduce 1. Open terminal 2. Do some stuff to create history and scroll bar 3. Wait an hour, a day, a week?? 4. Try to scroll with mouse wheel - it does not work 5. Try to manually scroll with scroll bar at the right of the screen - it is not visible ### Expected Behavior I am able to scroll the main window (the history log of all stuff) with mouse wheel, and with scrollbar too. ### Actual Behavior I am unable to scroll the main window with mouse wheel, nor am I able to scroll it by controlling the scroll bar, because it is not visible. Pressing at up and down arrows at the respective ends of scrollbar does nothing.
claunia added the Needs-TriageIssue-Bug labels 2026-01-31 08:23:13 +00:00
claunia commented 2026-01-31 08:23:15 +00:00
Author
Owner
Copy Link

@j4james commented on GitHub (Jan 20, 2025):

This sounds like you've run an application that has switched into the alternate screen buffer (this is a mode used by full screen applications which don't have scroll back). That application has possibly then crashed, or shutdown incorrectly, without returning you to the main buffer.

You can fix this by sending the appropriate escape sequence manually. From a bash shell, you can probably just do tput smcup, or more explicitly printf '\e[?1049l'.

From powershell, the equivalent would be echo "`e[?1049l", and in a cmd shell you'd need to type echo , then press Ctrl+[, followed by [?1049l (what you'd see is echo ^[[?1049l).

@j4james commented on GitHub (Jan 20, 2025): This sounds like you've run an application that has switched into the alternate screen buffer (this is a mode used by full screen applications which don't have scroll back). That application has possibly then crashed, or shutdown incorrectly, without returning you to the main buffer. You can fix this by sending the appropriate escape sequence manually. From a bash shell, you can probably just do `tput smcup`, or more explicitly `printf '\e[?1049l'`. From powershell, the equivalent would be ```echo "`e[?1049l"```, and in a cmd shell you'd need to type `echo `, then press <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>[</kbd>, followed by `[?1049l` (what you'd see is `echo ^[[?1049l`).
claunia commented 2026-01-31 08:23:15 +00:00
Author
Owner
Copy Link

@WhatsACloud commented on GitHub (Jan 22, 2025):

Hi @RieBi. Thanks for submitting this issue! Could you clarify how to reproduce the bug by providing the following details?

  1. When did this issue start for your terminal? Was it after running a particular application (eg Vim) that uses an alternate screen buffer?
  2. Does this issue persist after you restart your terminal?
  3. In step 2, is there anything specific to do? I'm running "test" repeatedly in Ubuntu terminal to create a history, but I can scroll just fine up and down after that.
  4. In step 3, you said "wait an hour, a day, or a week". Are you suggesting that after an extended duration of time, the terminal breaks, and this scrolling issue surfaces?

If you have any questions, feel free to ask!

@WhatsACloud commented on GitHub (Jan 22, 2025): Hi @RieBi. Thanks for submitting this issue! Could you clarify how to reproduce the bug by providing the following details? 1. When did this issue start for your terminal? Was it after running a particular application (eg Vim) that uses an alternate screen buffer? 2. Does this issue persist after you restart your terminal? 3. In step 2, is there anything specific to do? I'm running "test" repeatedly in Ubuntu terminal to create a history, but I can scroll just fine up and down after that. 4. In step 3, you said "wait an hour, a day, or a week". Are you suggesting that after an extended duration of time, the terminal breaks, and this scrolling issue surfaces? If you have any questions, feel free to ask!
claunia commented 2026-01-31 08:23:15 +00:00
Author
Owner
Copy Link

@carlos-zamora commented on GitHub (Jan 22, 2025):

Thanks for filing! j4james' comment above is correct. This is an instance of a more general issue of applications leaving the terminal in an unusual or unexpected state. That's unfortunately by design.

@carlos-zamora commented on GitHub (Jan 22, 2025): Thanks for filing! j4james' [comment above](https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/issues/18441#issuecomment-2603258933) is correct. This is an instance of a more general issue of applications leaving the terminal in an unusual or unexpected state. That's unfortunately by design.
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-Bug Needs-Triage
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#22777
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?