xtermjs/xterm.js 5.2.0 on GitHub

🚀 Features

Support for the overline attribute SGR 53/55 (#4526, #4532) via @Tyriar

📦 API

Improved Windows workarounds with the new windowsPty option (#4539) via @Tyriar

const term = new Terminal({
  windowsPty: {
    backend: 'conpty',
    buildNumber: 19000
  }
});

🐞 Bug fixes

Fix performance issue related to hovering links (#4341) via @Tyriar
Fix exception by validating rows are correct when rendering (#4346) via @Tyriar
Improve rendering of dotted underline (#4350) via @Tyriar
Invalidate links after resizing (#4358) via @Tyriar
Fix texture atlas exception thrown when changing options (#4390) via @Tyriar
Show hollow cursor when unfocused, regardless of cursor type (#4443) via @tisilent
Fix out of sync link underlines after resizing on Windows (#4458) via @Tyriar
Fix a lifecycle issue with decorations (#4465) via @Tyriar
Rerender in the DOM renderer after options change (#4475) via @kelvinhammond
Fix DECRQM reports and add DECBKM (#4478) via @jerch
Fix links not working when using a screen reader (#4491) via @jerch
Ensure decorations in the top layer render on top of decorations in the bottom layer (#4516) via @jeanp413
Avoid triggering a reflow while rendering search decorations (#4521) via @jeanp413
Don't apply dim to background color (#4525) via @Tyriar
Fix exception and performance issue when rendering link underlines (#4546) via @jerch

📝 Documentation and internal improvements

Remove unused buffer code (#4335) via @jerch
Explore a different accessibility view (#4340, #4375, #4376, #4377, #4381, #4382, #4383, #4389, #4395, #4398, #4400, #4402, #4406, #4413, #4427, #4536) via @meganrogge, @Tyriar
Update CI containers to Ubuntu 20.04 (#4347) via @silamon
Update CI containers to use Node 18 (#4542) via @silamon
4542
Remove unused imports (#4361) via @Eugeny
Replace dom helper with HTMLElement.remove() (#4364) via @Tyriar
Show proper parameter hints when calling createInstance (#4393) via @Tyriar
Correct registerMarker API docs (#4464) via @Tyriar
Add FAQ to new issue report (#4512) via @Tyriar
Fix buffer corruption for utf8 transport in demo (#4527) via @jerch

⚠️ Deprecations

windowsMode has been deprecated in favor of windowsPty

// Before 5.2
term = new Terminal({ windowsMode: true });
// After 5.2
term = new Terminal({
  windowsPty: {
    backend: 'conpty',
    buildNumber: 19000
  }
});

🎉 New real-world use cases

graSSHopper (#4356) via @Coding-Kiwi
DomTerm (#4456) via @Tyriar

📥 Addons

xterm-addon-canvas

Fix rendering of underline on wide characters (#4352) via @Tyriar
Update selection properly after changing themes (#4353) via @Tyriar
Update selection properly after a resize (#4355) via @Tyriar
Correct cell background color after clearing formatting (#4438) via @jerch
Fix rendering of 0xE0BB and 0xE0BF powerline symbols (#4451) via @Starwort
Fix rendering of cursor leaving artifacts on Firefox (#4500) via @Tyriar
Disallow glyphs to exceed texture atlas size (#4508) via @Tyriar
Don't apply dim to background color (#4525) via @Tyriar
Fix blacked out content (#4533) via @Tyriar

xterm-addon-search

Improve search behavior when there are > 1000 results (#4504) via @jeanp413

xterm-addon-webgl

Fix rendering of underline on wide characters (#4352) via @Tyriar
Fix loadCell exception (#4403) via @meganrogge
Fix rendering of 0xE0BB and 0xE0BF powerline symbols (#4451) via @Starwort
Fix rendering of cursor leaving artifacts on Firefox (#4500) via @Tyriar
Disallow glyphs to exceed texture atlas size (#4508) via @Tyriar
Don't apply dim to background color (#4525) via @Tyriar
Fix blacked out content (#4530) via @jerch

🤝 Compatible addon versions

xterm-addon-attach@...
xterm-addon-fit@...
xterm-addon-ligatures@...
xterm-addon-search@...
xterm-addon-serialize@...
xterm-addon-unicode11@...
xterm-addon-web-links@...
xterm-addon-webgl@...