Feature request: configurable output pacing / scroll throttle for streamed responses
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Activity 0 comments · opened Aug 13, 2026
Problem:
On fast terminal emulators (e.g. GNOME's VTE-based terminals like Ptyxis), Claude Code's streamed text output renders/scrolls faster than is comfortable to read in real time. Terminal emulators generally do not expose a "slow down rendering" option themselves (VTE in particular renders as fast as it receives data, by design), so there is currently no way to control this from either side.
Request:
Add an optional output-pacing setting in Claude Code (e.g. an outputPacing or streamDelayMs config value, or a /speed style toggle) that throttles how fast streamed text is written to stdout, independent of the terminal emulator's own rendering speed.
Context:
- Confirmed this is not fixable at the terminal level -- checked Ptyxis's full GSettings schema, no scroll/render-rate key exists.
- VTE-based terminals (Ptyxis, GNOME Terminal, Tilix) render as fast as they receive input, by design.
- A configurable pacing option in Claude Code itself would be the most direct fix, since it controls the write rate to stdout.