microsoft / microsoft/terminal
Media and other keys autoscroll the terminal
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Description
Description
Keys that aren't meant to insert characters seem to jump the terminal to the bottom where input is being awaited. This includes media buttons.
Steps to reproduce
Open any terminal tab (tested with both Ubuntu and Powershell) and run anything to fill up the screen (e.g. run ls 5 times). Scroll up until the text input area is off the page.
Press any non-typing character that isn't a modifier (tested with "calculator" key, play/pause, and volume control keys)
Expected Behavior
These keys should have no effect on terminal
Actual behavior
Terminal scrolls to the bottom of the page where a new line is
In this video I press the mute key or the calculator key, causing the terminal to jump
Version Info
Windows Terminal
Version: 0.10.781.0
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Research direction
Reproduce this in a Windows Terminal tab using the listed Ubuntu or PowerShell steps, then inspect the terminal's keyboard-input and scrolling entry points. Verify the behavior with calculator, play/pause, volume, or mute keys; done means these non-typing keys no longer move the view to the bottom.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- cli, desktop
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 42/100