Release 2.9.0 · xtermjs/xterm.js

📣 Public Service Announcement: 2.9.0 is the last 2.x release (except for bug fix releases), before xterm.js 3.0.

🆕 Features

Read more about the API specifics on the website.

Ensure scrollbar is refreshed after "erase all" in display (#761) via @Tyriar
Don't refresh terminal when scrollDisp does not scroll (#766) via @Tyriar
Fix "unscrollable" terminal before first resize (#784) via @chrmarti
Clear selection on user input (#794) via @mofux
Fail gracefully when methods request the Selection API, before it is initialized (#797) via @mofux
Fix error on selection when mouse coordinates are bad (#805) via @Tyriar
Terminal selection is now forced, when using Alt (#816) via @joaomoreno
Fix TypeError when calling resize() via the fit add-on (#823) via @jpmasters
Fix terminal not getting focus on click, if a selection existed outside of the terminal (#828) via @parisk
Retain character color when using underline or bar cursor (#781) via @mofux

Add macOS as a CI target (#690) via @Tyriar
Introduce new Buffer and BufferSet classes for buffer management (#717) via @parisk
Add search.exclude setting for Visual Studio Code workspace (#772) via @mjbvz
Use event.detail instead of counting clicks in Selection Manager (#780) via @mofux
Remove bad value parameter from getOption (#793) via @Tyriar
Remove unused constants from Selection Manager (#795) via @mofux
Improve performance of wcwidth by using a lookup table (#798) via @jerch
Fix browserify and search addon build (#804) via @Tyriar
Make Selection Manager more resilient by introducing null checks (#810) via @Tyriar