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opened 2026-01-31 08:43:32 +00:00 by claunia · 2 comments
claunia commented 2026-01-31 08:43:32 +00:00
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Originally created by @jredfox on GitHub (Jul 27, 2025).

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I saw online that 5 years ago a github issue was opened asking to add word wrap. You guys said you would add word wrap the issue was closed. the feature isn't in latest WT with latest Windows 11. This is a basic simple feature that is critically needed for every command line or text editor.

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open terminal have a command print a long string then watch it wrap without the line feed.

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Ability to turn off word wrapp

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5 years later in the settings tab still no word wrap. How can I use WT as a replacement for CMD if there is word wrap?

Originally created by @jredfox on GitHub (Jul 27, 2025). ### Windows Terminal version _No response_ ### Windows build number _No response_ ### Other Software I saw online that 5 years ago a github issue was opened asking to add word wrap. You guys said you would add word wrap the issue was closed. the feature isn't in latest WT with latest Windows 11. This is a basic simple feature that is critically needed for every command line or text editor. ### Steps to reproduce open terminal have a command print a long string then watch it wrap without the line feed. ### Expected Behavior Ability to turn off word wrapp ### Actual Behavior 5 years later in the settings tab still no word wrap. How can I use WT as a replacement for CMD if there is word wrap?
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claunia commented 2026-01-31 08:43:33 +00:00
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@lhecker commented on GitHub (Jul 28, 2025):

This is a duplicate of #1860.

The team has its own goals and priorities which usually align with user requests, but we have >100M users and a lot of requests. So, it should not be surprising then, that some feature requests lose out on others. But this is an open-source project allowing anyone to submit changes. No one has submitted a PR for this since 2019.

In any case I started implementing this but it's difficult. If you'd like to see this implemented sooner, you can fork my branch: https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/tree/dev/lhecker/1860-horizontal-scrollbar

@lhecker commented on GitHub (Jul 28, 2025): This is a duplicate of #1860. The team has its own goals and priorities which usually align with user requests, but we have >100M users and a lot of requests. So, it should not be surprising then, that some feature requests lose out on others. But this is an open-source project allowing anyone to submit changes. No one has submitted a PR for this since 2019. In any case I started implementing this but it's difficult. If you'd like to see this implemented sooner, you can fork my branch: https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/tree/dev/lhecker/1860-horizontal-scrollbar
claunia commented 2026-01-31 08:43:33 +00:00
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@jredfox commented on GitHub (Jul 28, 2025):

This is a duplicate of #1860.

The team has its own goals and priorities which usually align with user requests, but we have >100M users and a lot of requests. So, it should not be surprising then, that some feature requests lose out on others. But this is an open-source project allowing anyone to submit changes. No one has submitted a PR for this since 2019.

In any case I started implementing this but it's difficult. If you'd like to see this implemented sooner, you can fork my branch: https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/tree/dev/lhecker/1860-horizontal-scrollbar

while that may be true the word wrap on WT is far worse then cmd and CMD has a long wrap set so long that it's not even noticed. And you can increase the buffer per line to 256 - 3000+ characters and still no wrap. All I am saying is WT word wrap is bad and yes you do indeed need to add a horizontal scrollbar for this feature but only if the characters are off the screen.

@jredfox commented on GitHub (Jul 28, 2025): > This is a duplicate of [#1860](https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/issues/1860). > > The team has its own goals and priorities which usually align with user requests, but we have >100M users and a lot of requests. So, it should not be surprising then, that some feature requests lose out on others. But this is an open-source project allowing anyone to submit changes. No one has submitted a PR for this since 2019. > > In any case I started implementing this but it's difficult. If you'd like to see this implemented sooner, you can fork my branch: https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/tree/dev/lhecker/1860-horizontal-scrollbar while that may be true the word wrap on WT is far worse then cmd and CMD has a long wrap set so long that it's not even noticed. And you can increase the buffer per line to 256 - 3000+ characters and still no wrap. All I am saying is WT word wrap is bad and yes you do indeed need to add a horizontal scrollbar for this feature but only if the characters are off the screen.
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