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Alt screen separate scrollback

Category: scrollback · Tags: Xterm Extensions · Specification ↗

Tests whether the alternate screen buffer maintains its own separate scrollback, independent from the main screen's scrollback. Most terminals do not provide scrollback in the alternate screen — full-screen applications are expected to manage their own scrolling. Some terminals (like Kitty) offer configurable behavior for alternate screen scrollback.

Supported by 6 of 6 backends (100%)

Support Matrix

BackendVersionSupportNotes
Alacritty0.26.0✓ yes
Ghostty1.3.1✓ yes
Kitty0.40.0✓ yes
vt1000.1.0✓ yes
WezTerm0.1.0-fork.5✓ yes
xterm.js5.5.0✓ yes

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