Save/restore cursor (DECSC)

Category: cursor · Tags: DEC Private Modes, VT100 · Specification ↗

DECSC saves the cursor position and attributes; DECRC restores them. Save: ESC 7. Restore: ESC 8. Also available as CSI variants: ESC [ s (save) and ESC [ u (restore). The saved state includes cursor position, character attributes, character set, and origin mode. Applications use this to temporarily move the cursor for status updates without disrupting the main content area.

Supported by 6 of 6 backends (100%)

Support Matrix

Backend	Version	Support	Notes
Alacritty	0.26.0	✓ yes
Ghostty	1.3.1	✓ yes
Kitty	0.40.0	✓ yes
vt100	0.1.0	✓ yes
WezTerm	0.1.0-fork.5	✓ yes
xterm.js	5.5.0	✓ yes

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