microsoft/Terminal

Please provide a new setting: verticalScrollBarWidth

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#9,218 opened on Feb 19, 2021

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Description

Please provide an option in the config.json to:

  • set the width of the vertical scrollbar to some fixed width - for e.g.: 32px
  • there should be something in the config like: "verticalScrollBarWidth" or something similar

Why should users use this?

The new behaviour of the vertical scrollbar in windows terminal provides no advantage. It's confusing the users. Many users want to use windows terminal as replacement for the dos box and this new behaviour drives them crazy.

Example: "defaults": { "scrollBarState" : "visible", "verticalScrollBarWidth" : 32 } ... and this will set the vertical scrollbar to a fixed width

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Research direction
Look for where existing settings like 'scrollState' are defined and loaded in the settings schema. Then modify the terminal control to use the new setting for scrollbar width. Check the renderer for scrollbar painting.
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