Add button with Clear Terminal next to Trash Can or similar place #1651
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This sounds like something VSCode would need to add |
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@PrzemyslawKlys this seems like a potentially good feature enhancement but it will have to come from VSCode, can you open an issue there? |
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If an API were made available for this, it might be possible to rebind The current behaviour just scrolls to the bottom right? Is there a reason for wanting to erase the terminal, rather than just having things scroll off screen? I ask just because it might be significant effort for a small value add. |
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There are 2 problems with the current implementation:
I constantly move things around, depending on how long the output is. While 2nd issue can't be fixed with Clear-Host the first one can. Just to add, I understand the complexity of it and I've already bound my Logitech G mouse button to ALT+CTRL+SHIFT+C which is Terminal Clear for me so I essentially have what I asked for in a personal way. Still a proper implementation and behavior like in ISE, PowerShell Console would be best. |
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I guess you could add this as an option like:
Where every new session it would clear screen if someone chooses so. |
I recently realized this would actually be really easy to change without even touching any commands.
I would say we should leave this to xterm.js but it's already been quite awhile since this was initially reported and I've heard a few people refer to this as a blocker for switching from the ISE. |
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That makes sense. If we down that route we should finally properly implement editor capabilities so that a client (not the user) could specify |
I was thinking about this again and it struck me that the host is usually beyond PowerShell's control except for an API; we really shouldn't have to do anything special with Does |
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@rjmholt Yes it does. |
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forgive me I have not been keeping up on the clearing issue in xtermjs. The problem here is actually winpty: P.S. Clearing on unix in PowerShell or bash simply scrolls... so I don't think we'll ever have the experience you want on non-Windows. |
It does the same thing in and out of PSIC, it's definitely a xterm.js thing (or a nodepty thing?). There's an issue somewhere discussing it. My idea was to send a custom LSP event that the client could listen for and invoke a custom command to "properly" clear the terminal. Also I agree that we shouldn't have to do anything special, but I'm not sure it'll ever be fixed in that case. |
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Before we go down this route of making a new message, I want to see some more data that this is THE issue blocking people from switching. Anything that we do to support this would be a workaround - not a feature. @PrzemyslawKlys I understand your frustration here - but it makes me very uneasy to implement workarounds like this. I think you should open an issue on VSCode to add a "Clear" button next to the trash can that would do the clearing. I'm pretty sure other IDEs have done similar things. ... at least until winpty fixes the underlying issue. |
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@TylerLeonhardt to be honest I don't need it. I fixed my G button on my mouse so I explicitly can use this. I would like to have Clear-Host working properly but if it can't be fixed, it can't be fixed. Related items: |
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Summary of the new feature
As you know currently using CLS/Clear-Host doesn't bring any joy due to xtermjs implementation.
One way to workaround this is to use Terminal: Clear from VSCode commands
Would be cool if you would be able to add this in a button form somewhere in there (could be largest button possible if you ask me)
Or possibly bind Clear-Host / CLS with that command magically making it work.
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