Terminal sticky scroll not working at all

[Destroy666x]

Does this issue occur when all extensions are disabled?: Yes

• VS Code Version: 1.85
• OS Version: Windows 10

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Enable terminal.integrated.stickyScroll.enabled
2. Type some command with long output like ffmpeg -codecs in various shells: customized cmd, Git Bash, PowerShell, etc.
3. No sticky scroll to be seen

I got lots of terminal settings edited, temporarily removing these from settings.json didn't do anything. Don't know how to debug it further without losing much time.

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[joyceerhl]

/gifPlease

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[Destroy666x]

What exactly do you want me to GIF? Just the sticky scroll not working as described? If so, sure, but not sure what value it brings.

[Tyriar]

How long is the output, does it fill your scrollback completely such that the input command was trimmed off the top? Try increasing terminal.integrated.scollback if this is the case. (tracked in https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/198010)

Also does ffmpeg -codecs exit or does it keep running? A screenshot of the bottom of the terminal as well as where the command was input would be helpful.

[Haawron]

I'm experiencing the same issue.

Before reporting, I've gone through the following checklist: [✓] Ensured terminal.integrated.stickyscroll is enabled in user, remote, and workspace settings. [✓] Reloaded VSCode five times. [✓] Reopened the terminal five times, ensuring to terminate and restart it each time, not just closing the panel. [✓] The issue persists in both local and remote blank workspaces. [✓] Set terminal.integrated.stickyscroll.maxlinecount to 5.

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Additional information that might be relevant:

• workbench.tree.stickyscroll is functioning correctly.
• I primarily use zsh in a remote environment.

[Destroy666x]

How long is the output,

Lots of lines, but also happens with commands with less lines output.

Try increasing terminal.integrated.scollback if this is the case

Didn't help. I had 6666 value there, way more than the output of checked commands.

Also does ffmpeg -codecs exit or does it keep running?

It's running for a moment then stops.

Additional details:

• it started to partially work in 1.85.1 for me. In PowerShell mainly, although what it chooses to stick is not great. Seems to not cover prompts which are longer than 1 line properly - sometimes it chooses 1 line, sometimes more.
• still nothing in cmd or Git Bash. cmd uses the same prompt as PowerShell, while Git Bash has its standard one.

[Destroy666x]

Here's a demonstration on all 3:

Just in case it matters, I'm using oh-my-posh as prompt. And clink for cmd enhancer. No other CLI modifications other than VSCode's terminal settings. Git Bash is the most pure with 0 changes, so I'd expect it to work there primarily if anywhere, not in PowerShell 7.

[Take-Me1010]

I have similar issue in Windows 10 and Powershell 7, with VScode 1.85.1. In my case, sticky scroll works well in naive powershell 7 defined by the following profile:

{
    "terminal.integrated.profiles.windows": {
        "PowerShell": {
            "path": "pwsh",
            "icon": "terminal-powershell"
        },
}

However, if I launch my terminal with commands as the following profile:

{
    "terminal.integrated.profiles.windows": {
        "pipenv": {
            "path": "pwsh",
            "args": [
                "-Command",
                "pipenv",
                "shell"
            ],
            "icon": "vm"
        },
}

stciky scroll does not work. Here, Pipenv is a tool for python virtual environment.

[d-mahard]

same issue here, tried with cmd (windows), git bash, WSL. Also when all extensions are disabled. v1.87.0, also v1.88.0-insider with default setting

[Welding-Torch]

Same issue. Tried it in both powershell and git bash.