Release 4.5.0 · xtermjs/xterm.js

🚀 Features

New experimental link provider API (#2530, #2710) via @jmbockhorst. This flips around how links in the terminal work by asking an addon what links are available at a particular cell when its hovered, instead of pre-parsing the entire viewport using the current link matcher API. The plan is for this to eventually replace the registerLinkMatcher API. You can test this new API by setting the _useLinkProvider parameter on the web links addon.
The alternate buffer can now be accessed via the experimental buffer API (#2713) via @JavaCS3. This breaks the previous API so if you're an early adopter be sure to update accordingly.

Remove duplicate CSS rule being added (#2715) via @kumaran-14
Make cursor display on the last cell if it's off the edge of the screen (#2731) via @jerch
Fix transparent theme colors on old Edge (#2739) via @felixse
Fix addDisposableDomListener leaking events (#2767) via @JavaCS3
Use role=list attribute when screenReaderMode is enabled (#2814) via @Tyriar
Ensure multiple cursor blink animations aren't occurring at same time (#2817) via @Tyriar

Typo, improving wording (#2698, #2766) via @Tyriar
Consolidate integration test helper functions (#2711) via @jmbockhorst
Migrate from puppeteer to playwright (#2712) @jmbockhorst
Run tests in Firefox and WebKit (#2722, #2725) via @Tyriar
Update to TypeScript 3.8 (#2730) via @Tyriar
Document VT features in code and extract for the website (#2754) via @jerch
Upgrade several dev dependencies (#2758, #2760, #2770, #2772, #2779, #2780, #2783, #2795, #2801, #2803, #2805, #2810, #2815, #2819, #2820) via @Tyriar, @dependabot, @dependabot-preview
Migrate from tslint to eslint (#2786, #2799, #2827) via @Tyriar
Upgrade mac agent in pipelines (#2800) via @Tyriar
Use debug instead of warn log level for open on non-attached element (#2825) via @Tyriar

The buffer API has changed significantly:

// before 4.5.0
const activeBuffer = term.buffer

// after 4.5.0
const activeBuffer = term.buffer.active