Feature Request Move scroll buffer instead of clearing on CTRL+L and on clear #3957

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opened 2026-01-30 23:34:15 +00:00 by claunia · 0 comments
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Originally created by @bbhopesh on GitHub (Sep 21, 2019).

Description of the new feature/enhancement

On WSL, Typing clear or pressing CTRL+L clears the scroll buffer history while most Linux terminals(both real ones like gnome-terminal, and virtual ones like tmux) move the scroll history instead of clearing it. Can we use same semantics for Windows Terminal?

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Reference: starred/terminal#3957