[BUG] No way to seek/jump in long scrollback — native terminal scrollbar lost, in-app scroll painfully slow (macOS Terminal, Konsole over RDP)
Open 💬 2 comments Opened Jun 23, 2026 by yoda-jm
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- [x] I have searched existing issues and this hasn't been reported yet
- [x] This is a single bug report (please file separate reports for different bugs)
- [x] I am using the latest version of Claude Code
What's Wrong?
Claude Code v2.1.186.
Since Claude enables terminal mouse tracking, the terminal's native scrollbar no longer controls the conversation buffer — so the one fast way to seek to an arbitrary point in a long session (grab + drag the scrollbar) is gone. What's left is painfully slow:
- Mouse wheel scrolls only a few lines per tick — seeking back through a long history takes ages.
- There is no in-app scrollbar / no jump-to-position.
- Shift+PageUp/PageDown page the now 1-page terminal, not a way to seek through Claude's history.
Reproduces without CLAUDE_CODE_NO_FLICKER, on multiple platforms (so it's broader than the closed #42725):
- macOS Terminal (Terminal.app)
- KDE Konsole 25.08.01 / Ubuntu 25.10, over RDP via Microsoft "Windows App"
Request (any one would solve it):
- Restore native terminal scrollbar by adding a persistable "enableMouseTracking": false setting, OR
- Provide an in-app draggable scrollbar / jump-to-position, OR
- Make wheel scroll faster (larger lines-per-tick) and add a "seek to top/bottom/percentage" key (or a velocity).
Related: #42725 (closed, Windows/NO_FLICKER), #66601, #65833.
What Should Happen?
Claude should allow fast history seeking
Error Messages/Logs
Steps to Reproduce
- Open Claude
- Do multiple page of work
- try to go back to the first model answer quickly
Claude Model
None
Is this a regression?
Yes, this worked in a previous version
Last Working Version
_No response_
Claude Code Version
2.1.186
Platform
Anthropic API
Operating System
macOS
Terminal/Shell
Terminal.app (macOS)
Additional Information
_No response_
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