Changelog

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.

The format is based on Keep a Changelog, and this project adheres to Semantic Versioning.

[Unreleased]

Add support for Windows
Add terminfo capabilities advertising support for changing the window title
Allow using scancodes in the key_bindings section
When mouse.url.launcher is set, clicking on URLs will now open them with the specified program
New mouse.url.modifiers option to specify keyboard modifiers for opening URLs on click
Binaries for macOS, Windows and Debian-based systems are now published with GitHub releases
The keys F16-F24 have been added as options for key bindings
Display notice about errors and warnings inside Alacritty
Log all messages to both stderr and a log file in the system's temporary directory
New configuration option persistent_logging and CLI flag --persistent-logging, for keeping the log file after closing Alacritty

The custom_cursor_colors config field was deleted, remove the colors.cursor.* options to achieve the same behavior as setting it to false

Fixed erroneous results when using the indexed_colors config option
Fixed rendering cursors other than rectangular with the RustType backend
Selection memory leak and glitches in the alternate screen buffer
Invalid default configuration on macOS and Linux
Middle mouse pasting if mouse mode is enabled
Selections now properly update as you scroll the scrollback buffer while selecting
NUL character at the end of window titles
DPI Scaling when moving windows across monitors
On macOS, issues with Command-[KEY] and Control-Tab keybindings have been fixed
Incorrect number of columns/lines when using the window.dimensions option
On Wayland, windows will no longer be spawned outside of the visible region
Resizing of windows without decorations
On Wayland, key repetition works again
On macOS, Alacritty will now use the integrated GPU again when available

Implement the hidden escape sequence (echo -e "\e[8mTEST")
Add support for macOS systemwide dark mode
Set the environment variable COLORTERM="truecolor" to advertise 24-bit color support
On macOS, there are two new values for the config option window.decorations:
- transparent - This makes the title bar transparent and allows the viewport to extend to the top of the window.
- buttonless - Similar to transparent but also removed the buttons.
Add support for changing the colors from 16 to 256 in the indexed_colors config section
Add save_to_clipboard configuration option for copying selected text to the system clipboard
New terminfo entry, alacritty-direct, that advertises 24-bit color support
Add support for CSI sequences Cursor Next Line (\e[nE) and Cursor Previous Line (\e[nF)

Inverse/Selection color is now modelled after XTerm/VTE instead of URxvt to improve consistency
First click on unfocused Alacritty windows is no longer ignored on platforms other than macOS
Reduce memory usage significantly by only initializing part of the scrollback buffer at startup
The alacritty terminfo entry no longer requires the xterm definition to be present on the system
The default TERM value is no longer static; the alacritty entry is used if available, otherwise the xterm-256color entry is used instead

The terminfo entry alacritty-256color. It is replaced by the alacritty entry (which also advertises 256 colors)

Rendering now occurs without the terminal locked which improves performance
Clear screen properly before rendering of content to prevent various graphical glitches
Fix build failure on 32-bit systems
Windows started as unfocused now show the hollow cursor if the setting is enabled
Empty lines in selections are now properly copied to the clipboard
Selection start point lagging behind initial cursor position
Rendering of selections which start above the visible area and end below it

The config option window.decorations should now use full or none instead of true or false, respectively.

Add a scrollback history buffer (10_000 lines by default)
CHANGELOG has been added for documenting relevant user-facing changes
Add ClearHistory key binding action and the Erase Saved Lines control sequence
When growing the window height, Alacritty will now try to load additional lines out of the scrollback history
Support the dim foreground color (echo -e '\033[2mDimmed Text')
Add support for the LCD-V pixel mode (vertical screens)
Pressing enter on the numpad should now insert a newline
The mouse bindings now support keyboard modifiers (shift/ctrl/alt/super)
Add support for the bright foreground color

Multiple key/mouse bindings for a single key will now all be executed instead of picking one and ignoring the rest
Improve text scrolling performance (affects applications like yes, not scrolling the history)

Clear the visible region when the RIS escape sequence (echo -ne '\033c') is received
Prevent logger from crashing Alacritty when stdout/stderr is not available
Fix a crash when sending the IL escape sequence with a large number of lines