scrollbar please

[MrBruz]

Switched to from konsole due to performance benifits but its missing a scrollbar which is pretty much a core functionality these days.

Where in the config do I go to enable a scrollbar? I need a way to scroll quickly to the top of the page without hurting my hand on the trackpad.

[kchibisov]

Where in the config do I go to enable a scrollbar? I need a way to scroll quickly to the top of the page without hurting my hand on the trackpad.

That's sounds controversial, scrollbar is mouse controlled.

If you want to do fast keyboard driver scrolling, use Vi mode, it has some kind of scrollbar.

Otherwise duplicate #775.

[MrBruz]

It's a standard feature, how is it controversial?

Just opened up Vi mode and I can't see no scrollbar.

[kchibisov]

It'll show you a counter in top right corner, it's controversial because it just takes terminal space without providing any useful value, other than for mouse users.

You can scroll way faster with keyboard bindings anyway.

[MrBruz]

How would I make it scroll to the start of each command? or scroll in larger chunks like 100 lines at a time etc. thats the main issue is that scrolling through large outputs hurt my hand with touchpad

[kchibisov]

How would I make it scroll to the start of each command?

For this scrollbar won't do you anything. See #5860

or scroll in larger chunks like 100 lines at a time etc.

PageUp/Down, + you may duplicate the actions, to increase the amount of page up/downs per press.

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Switched to from konsole due to performance benifits

So you want the font to be using the scroll from UI library that removes performance but you only want performant part...?
Why not instead use the same konsole but try to fork it to improve performance?

i.e. why not have two performant terminals instead of having both slow ones with scroll bars?

[kchibisov]

scrollbar doesn't mean that it's slow though, it's an instant drawing element that takes nothing from perf. the only issue with that is that it reserves extra column.

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I used mate-terminal and it was very fast. I think you could try it.
It has the scroll bar and it's fast.

[kchibisov]

The fast is subjective measure, mate terminal is yet another VTE based one, which can't even render at high refresh rate to not lag why I'm typing, but it's not like mate is bad, it's just what it's.

Though, regardless, just use what you like more, nothing is forcing you to use anything.

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I'm not the OP. I try to suggest a solution to the guy who simply wants his scrollbar without thinking about why he uses mouse so much.

to not lag why I'm typing

It doesn't lag for me even slightly. I don't know why your configuration has this lag.

[kchibisov]

It doesn't lag for me even slightly. I don't know why your configuration has this lag.

Set repeat rate to some high value, like 60 keys per second. I mean I test various vte terminals for years, they lag the same for years on all of my systems(and don't ever print long strings into them, they blow up), but it's offtopic here, sorry.