xterm 2.8.0

on Node.js NPM

🆕 Features

• Selection reimplemented #670, #691, #714, #715, #716, #719, #723, #725, #733, #746 via @Tyriar

  Selection is now managed completely by the xterm.js library, rather than relying on the native browser implementation. This adds a huge host of features and bug fixes:

  • Support selecting and copying multiple pages of the buffer #69
  • Support selection from multiple pages using the mouse wheel #68
  • Fix spinners in console applications making selection difficult #318
  • Fix selection being lost when data is written outside of the viewport #468
  • Support double clicking on a URL/path to highlight the whole path
  • Fix double clicking on the prompt line being flaky due to focus shifting from .xterm to the text area
  • Prevent gaps from appearing between lines in the selection
  • Don't drop the selection when there's a content change or viewport scroll #318, #468
  • Allow selection to be retained in terminal when not focused
  • Prevent selection being dropped sometimes when right clicking outside of selection
  • Prevent selection from being shown sometimes when context menu is closed on macOS
  • Allow selections starting from links
  • Ensure copying will retain padding whitespace when necessary #673
  • Improve tmux support by disabling selection when in mouse interaction mode #140, #329, #456
  • Fix copy and paste in Edge #401

• Support scroll on touch devices (does not support ballistic scroll yet) #747 via @anishathalye

🆕 API

• Terminal.attachCustomKeyEventHandler
• Terminal.selectAll
• Terminal.hasSelection
• Terminal.clearSelection
• Terminal.getSelection

Read more about the API specifics on the website.

🐞 Bug fixes

• Fixed bug where viewport was the wrong height when zoomed in #680 via @Tyriar
• Fixed issue where link text was being duplicated #688 via @Tyriar
• Retain wrapped line state when copying lines #693 via @Tyriar
• Prevent selection outside of terminal when dragging with mouse #700 via @Tyriar
• Normalize line ending to \r instead of \n when pasting into the terminal on Windows, fixing paste on various Windows shells #707 via @jdanyow
• Fix context menu in Firefox #722 via @Tyriar
• Use CRLF when copying from the terminal on Windows #738 via @Tyriar
• Prevent scrollback from being less than the terminal's row count #749, #750 via @irokas
• Fix demo in IE11 #752 via @LucianBuzzo
• Fix Element.classList.add call in IE11 #754 via @LucianBuzzo

📝 Documentation and internal improvements

• Fix issue with git line endings #736 via @AndrienkoAleksandr
• Code and jsdoc clean up #741 via @AndrienkoAleksandr

⚠️ Deprecations

• Introduced new Terminal.attachCustomKeyEventHandler API and deprecated Terminal.attachCustomKeydownHandler. Both APIs now apply to all key events, not just keydown #712 via @chabou

🎉 New real-world use cases

• Gravitational Teleport #710 via @alex-kovoy
• Hexlet #743 via @nechitai

Work in progress PRs merged

• Buffer/BufferSet refactor #717
  • Fix turning from alt screen to normal screen and vice versa #728 via @AndrienkoAleksandr
  • Fix some tests and docs #739 via @AndrienkoAleksandr