Alt-screen/fullscreen mode is a genuine regression for a lot of us, and it's
been reported since March (#1799, #2334) with no resolution.
What makes this worse: the --no-alt-screen flag that used to let people
opt out has now been removed entirely, with no deprecation notice and no
replacement setting. Running it now just fails:
$ copilot --no-alt-screen
error: unknown option '--no-alt-screen'
I checked /settings for an equivalent key and found nothing that restores
inline/streaming rendering. So as of the current release, there is no
supported way to turn off fullscreen mode at all.
This isn't a nice-to-have. Alt-screen breaks:
- native terminal scrollback (can't scroll up past the current screen)
- terminal search (Cmd+F / Ctrl+F can't see history)
- copy/paste in some terminal emulators
- usability in tmux/screen and browser-based terminals
Please either:
- Restore
--no-alt-screen (or an equivalent /settings key), or
- Clearly document the replacement if one exists and I'm missing it.
Removing an escape hatch that people were actively relying on, without
warning, is a bad pattern. At minimum this needs a documented workaround.
Alt-screen/fullscreen mode is a genuine regression for a lot of us, and it's
been reported since March (#1799, #2334) with no resolution.
What makes this worse: the
--no-alt-screenflag that used to let peopleopt out has now been removed entirely, with no deprecation notice and no
replacement setting. Running it now just fails:
I checked
/settingsfor an equivalent key and found nothing that restoresinline/streaming rendering. So as of the current release, there is no
supported way to turn off fullscreen mode at all.
This isn't a nice-to-have. Alt-screen breaks:
Please either:
--no-alt-screen(or an equivalent/settingskey), orRemoving an escape hatch that people were actively relying on, without
warning, is a bad pattern. At minimum this needs a documented workaround.