microsoft/Terminal

Terminal desperately needs a horizontal scrollbar (similar to Command Prompt)

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#1,860 opened on Jul 7, 2019

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Description

Note: 📌 Pinned comment: https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/issues/1860#issuecomment-1622136376

Summary of the new feature/enhancement

Windows Terminal needs to have a configurable horizontal scrollbar (similar to Command Prompt) so that lines longer than the window width are actually readable by scrolling to the right, rather than being a big indecipherable word-wrapped mess as is typically seen on UNIX-like systems.

Proposed technical implementation details (optional)

Make it so.

Contributor guide

Research direction
Examine the terminal's rendering pipeline and scrollbar implementation in the codebase to understand where a horizontal scrollbar could be added.
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None
Domain
desktop
Issue type
Feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
3
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
Half day
Activity statusHow available the issue appears right now: fresh, active, stale, blocked, or waiting on maintainer input.
Active
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
Mostly clear
Prerequisites
C++Windows Terminal internals
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
40