Terminal history no longer scrolls

[R7038XX]

I've updated to the latest version.
After launching gemini CLI, if I return to the terminal with /quit, scrolling in the terminal no longer works.

[jacob314]

Which terminal are you using? In the vast majority of terminals the scroll wheel should work for scrolling. If that doesn't work, you can also scroll with shift-up, shift-down, page up / page down (fn up, fn down), home, end.

If that still doesn't work well for you you can opt out of the alternate buffer rendering by going to
/settings and changing "Use Alternate Screen Buffer" to false. That will switch you back to the previous scrolling functionality but you will lose out on the recent fixes to reduce flickering.

[thomashigginbotham]

I have the same problem with the latest update but while Gemini is running, not after I quit. The mouse scroll wheel scrolls through my message history in the prompt box instead of scrolling the terminal. Additionally, I can't drag the scrollbar either, so the only way to scroll is with shift-up/down.

If I disable "Use Alternate Screen Buffer" in settings as @jacob314 suggested, everything is fine again.

OS: Windows 11
Shells with issue: Git Bash, PowerShell, CMD, probably more

[jacob314]

We're disabled "Use Alternate Screen Buffer" by default until we can get a robust list of terminals that don't support scroll reliably enough.