Xterm.js: Selection is only possible on the text in the current viewport

Created on 2 Jun 2016 · 4Comments · Source: xtermjs/xterm.js

While potentially difficult, it's probably possible to do a smooth selection over multiple pages by:

Recording start selection position
Scroll the terminal up when dragging from terminal and cursor is close to/beyond top
Scroll the terminal down when dragging from terminal and cursor is close to/beyond bottom
Whenever the terminal is scrolled, reset the selection position
When copy is triggered, intercept and select the text between the start and end (probably won't work in older browsers)

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Tyriar

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I think that this will be handled across with all other scrolling issues. The best thing to do IMO is bring scrolling as close as possible to native terminals found in modern OSs (e.g. Ubuntu Terminal and Terminal.app).