Entering many empty lines in PowerShell causes overwriting instead of scrolling #9614

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opened 2026-01-31 01:59:16 +00:00 by claunia · 3 comments
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Originally created by @rjb3977 on GitHub (Jul 14, 2020).

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Windows build number: 10.0.19042.330
Windows Terminal version: 1.0.1811.0

Any other software?

Steps to reproduce

Open PowerShell in Windows Terminal, and hold Enter until the PS ...> prompt fills the entire screen.

Expected behavior

You can scroll back up to see the initial splash message (copyright, try the new PowerShell, etc). This is what happens in a non-Windows-Terminal PowerShell window.

Actual behavior

The lines are overwritten rather than actually scrolled. You cannot scroll up at all.

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claunia added the Needs-TriageNeeds-Tag-FixNeeds-Attention labels 2026-01-31 01:59:17 +00:00
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@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Jul 14, 2020):

@rjb3977 Could you share your settings.json?

@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Jul 14, 2020): @rjb3977 Could you share your `settings.json`?
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@DHowett commented on GitHub (Jul 14, 2020):

This sounds dangerously similar to https://github.com/PowerShell/PSReadLine/issues/724

@DHowett commented on GitHub (Jul 14, 2020): This sounds dangerously similar to https://github.com/PowerShell/PSReadLine/issues/724
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@rjb3977 commented on GitHub (Jul 14, 2020):

Yep, that sounds like it. I'll close this then.

@rjb3977 commented on GitHub (Jul 14, 2020): Yep, that sounds like it. I'll close this then.
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Reference: starred/terminal#9614