Make the scrollback indicator visible by default

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Kovid Goyal
2024-03-31 12:15:05 +05:30
parent 5548b1aa21
commit 0965155935
4 changed files with 11 additions and 7 deletions

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@@ -54,7 +54,8 @@ Detailed list of changes
using the panel kitten for all compositors that support the requisite Wayland
protocol which is practically speaking all of them but GNOME (:pull:`2590`)
- A new option :opt:`scrollback_indicator_opacity` to show a small indicator on the right hand side of the screen of how much you have scrolled
- Show a small :opt:`scrollback indicator <scrollback_indicator_opacity>` along the right window edge when viewing
the scrollback to keep track of scroll position (:iss:`2502`)
- Wayland: Support fractional scales so that there is no wasted drawing at larger scale followed by resizing in the compositor

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@@ -251,8 +251,11 @@ The scrollback buffer
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|kitty| supports scrolling back to view history, just like most terminals. You
can use either keyboard shortcuts or the mouse scroll wheel to do so. However,
|kitty| has an extra, neat feature. Sometimes you need to explore the scrollback
can use either keyboard shortcuts or the mouse scroll wheel to do so. While
you are browsing the scrollback a :opt:`small indicator <scrollback_indicator_opacity>`
is displayed along the right edge of the window to show how far back you are.
However, |kitty| has an extra, neat feature. Sometimes you need to explore the scrollback
buffer in more detail, maybe search for some text or refer to it side-by-side
while typing in a follow-up command. |kitty| allows you to do this by pressing
the :sc:`show_scrollback` shortcut, which will open the scrollback buffer in