Auto-wrap (DECAWM)

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

DECAWM controls whether text automatically wraps to the next line when it reaches the right margin. Enable with ESC [ ? 7 h (default on), disable with ESC [ ? 7 l. When disabled, characters written past the right margin overwrite the last column. Most terminals default to auto-wrap enabled.

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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