microsoft/Terminal

Support for the DECSET/DECRST mode (30) to enable/disable scroll bar visibility

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#7,884 opened on Oct 10, 2020

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Description

Description of the new feature/enhancement

rxvt, mintty, and various other terminal emulators support the sequence CSI ? 30 h/l to enable/disable visibility of the scroll bar in the terminal emulator. This is useful for full screen terminal applications that wish to maximize use of screen real estate. It appears from my testing that the console host and Windows Terminal do not currently support this.

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Research direction
Investigate how scroll bar visibility is managed in the Terminal codebase and implement handling for DECSET/DECRST mode 30.
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cli
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Feature
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3
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1-2 days
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25