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Scrollback accumulates

Category: scrollback · Tags: Xterm Extensions

Tests whether lines scrolled off the top of the visible screen are preserved in the scrollback buffer. This is fundamental terminal behavior — without scrollback accumulation, users cannot scroll up to see previous output. Virtually all modern terminals maintain a scrollback buffer, though the maximum size varies.

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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