I am using Windows Terminal with Command Prompt as the default profile. I have others like PowerShell, Ubuntu 24.04.01 LTS.

This is NOT a scrollback or history issue, if I understand those terms correctly. Scrolling up works fine and I can see all previous output.

My problem is specifically at the bottom of the screen: in classic Command Prompt (conhost), the screen buffer can be taller than the window, so I can scroll past the last line and have empty space below the cursor. This gives visual breathing room while typing near the bottom. And I don't feel claustrophobic.

In Windows Terminal, the cursor is always glued to the bottom edge. Until I actually print new lines, there is no empty space below, and typing feels visually cramped.

I am NOT asking for:
- more scrollback
- history retention
- switching shells
- workarounds like pressing Enter

I want to know:
1. Is there any setting (JSON or otherwise) that allows scrolling past the bottom /
adding bottom padding / virtual empty lines below the cursor?
2. If not, is this a known design limitation of Windows Terminal?

Basically, does Windows Terminal support "scroll past bottom" like classic cmd.exe,
or is this behavior intentionally unsupported?

EDIT: My Terminal version is 1.23.13503.0.

I am using Windows Terminal (1.23.13503.0) with Command Prompt as the default profile. I have others like PowerShell, Ubuntu 24.04.01 LTS.

This is not a scrollback or history issue, if I understand those terms correctly. Scrolling up works fine and I can see all previous output.

My problem is specifically at the bottom of the screen: in classic Command Prompt (conhost), the screen buffer can be taller than the window, so I can scroll past the last line and have empty space below the cursor. This gives visual breathing room while typing near the bottom. And I don't feel claustrophobic.

In Windows Terminal, the cursor is always glued to the bottom edge. Until I actually print new lines, there is no empty space below, and typing feels visually cramped.

I am NOT asking for:

• More scrollback.
• History retention.
• Switching shells.
• Workarounds like pressing Enter.

I want to know:

1. Is there any setting (JSON or otherwise) that allows scrolling past the bottom / adding bottom padding / virtual empty lines below the cursor?
2. If not, is this a known design limitation of Windows Terminal?

Basically, does Windows Terminal support "scroll past bottom" like classic cmd.exe. Or is this behavior intentionally unsupported?

I am using Windows Terminal with Command Prompt as the default profile. I have others like PowerShell, Ubuntu 24.04.01 LTS.

This is NOT a scrollback or history issue, if I understand those terms correctly. Scrolling up works fine and I can see all previous output.

My problem is specifically at the bottom of the screen: in classic Command Prompt (conhost), the screen buffer can be taller than the window, so I can scroll past the last line and have empty space below the cursor. This gives visual breathing room while typing near the bottom. And I don't feel claustrophobic.

In Windows Terminal, the cursor is always glued to the bottom edge. Until I actually print new lines, there is no empty space below, and typing feels visually cramped.

I am NOT asking for:
- more scrollback
- history retention
- switching shells
- workarounds like pressing Enter

I want to know:
1. Is there any setting (JSON or otherwise) that allows scrolling past the bottom /
adding bottom padding / virtual empty lines below the cursor?
2. If not, is this a known design limitation of Windows Terminal?

Basically, does Windows Terminal support "scroll past bottom" like classic cmd.exe,
or is this behavior intentionally unsupported?

(BTW, I asked ChatGPT the same thing and it said that such a feature is non-existent in Windows Terminal.)

EDIT: My Terminal version is 1.23.13503.0.

I am using Windows Terminal with Command Prompt as the default profile. I have others like PowerShell, Ubuntu 24.04.01 LTS.

This is NOT a scrollback or history issue, if I understand those terms correctly. Scrolling up works fine and I can see all previous output.

My problem is specifically at the bottom of the screen: in classic Command Prompt (conhost), the screen buffer can be taller than the window, so I can scroll past the last line and have empty space below the cursor. This gives visual breathing room while typing near the bottom. And I don't feel claustrophobic.

In Windows Terminal, the cursor is always glued to the bottom edge. Until I actually print new lines, there is no empty space below, and typing feels visually cramped.

I am NOT asking for:
- more scrollback
- history retention
- switching shells
- workarounds like pressing Enter

I want to know:
1. Is there any setting (JSON or otherwise) that allows scrolling past the bottom /
adding bottom padding / virtual empty lines below the cursor?
2. If not, is this a known design limitation of Windows Terminal?

Basically, does Windows Terminal support "scroll past bottom" like classic cmd.exe,
or is this behavior intentionally unsupported?

EDIT: My Terminal version is 1.23.13503.0.

I am using Windows Terminal with Command Prompt as the default profile. I have others like PowerShell, Ubuntu 24.04.01 LTS.

This is NOT a scrollback or history issue, if I understand those terms correctly. Scrolling up works fine and I can see all previous output.

My problem is specifically at the bottom of the screen: in classic Command Prompt (conhost), the screen buffer can be taller than the window, so I can scroll past the last line and have empty space below the cursor. This gives visual breathing room while typing near the bottom. And I don't feel claustrophobic.

In Windows Terminal, the cursor is always glued to the bottom edge. Until I actually print new lines, there is no empty space below, and typing feels visually cramped.

I am NOT asking for:
- more scrollback
- history retention
- switching shells
- workarounds like pressing Enter

I want to know:
1. Is there any setting (JSON or otherwise) that allows scrolling past the bottom /
adding bottom padding / virtual empty lines below the cursor?
2. If not, is this a known design limitation of Windows Terminal?

Basically, does Windows Terminal support "scroll past bottom" like classic cmd.exe,
or is this behavior intentionally unsupported?

After a bit of digging, I found this question that perhaps meant what I am trying to say. There, the answers said to use Ctrl + L or Ctrl + K, none of which, unsurprisingly, worked for me. In Terminal's Command Prompt, it showed ^L and ^K respectively. Even clear apparently doesn't work. It outputs: 'clear' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. What?!

I am utterly frustrated. Thanks in advance.

BTW, I asked ChatGPT the same thing and it said that such a feature is non-existent in Windows Terminal, but I refuse to believe that. (Because the "old" normal Command Prompt has this feature, not a bug, but the latest Terminal doesn't? Nah, it can't be right... right?)

I am using Windows Terminal with Command Prompt as the default profile. I have others like PowerShell, Ubuntu 24.04.01 LTS.

This is NOT a scrollback or history issue, if I understand those terms correctly. Scrolling up works fine and I can see all previous output.

My problem is specifically at the bottom of the screen: in classic Command Prompt (conhost), the screen buffer can be taller than the window, so I can scroll past the last line and have empty space below the cursor. This gives visual breathing room while typing near the bottom. And I don't feel claustrophobic.

In Windows Terminal, the cursor is always glued to the bottom edge. Until I actually print new lines, there is no empty space below, and typing feels visually cramped.

I am NOT asking for:
- more scrollback
- history retention
- switching shells
- workarounds like pressing Enter

I want to know:
1. Is there any setting (JSON or otherwise) that allows scrolling past the bottom /
adding bottom padding / virtual empty lines below the cursor?
2. If not, is this a known design limitation of Windows Terminal?

Basically, does Windows Terminal support "scroll past bottom" like classic cmd.exe,
or is this behavior intentionally unsupported?

(BTW, I asked ChatGPT the same thing and it said that such a feature is non-existent in Windows Terminal.)

EDIT: My Terminal version is 1.23.13503.0.