Sometimes, developers get so engrossed with making the best app possible that some of the basics get left behind. I understand it; if you're doing something amazing and you're going full steam ahead, all the small quality-of-life features seem like minor tweaks compared to all the glorious new tools and features you want to add to your app.

However, users do enjoy things that make their lives easier, and if you skimp on them, they will let you know. Such was the case for users of the Ghostty terminal, which lacked a scroll bar and forced people to either use the scroll wheel or keyboard keys to move around. Well, the developers have finally caved and added a scroll bar to the app, which was one of the most requested features since its pre-release build in 2023.

Ghostty terminal finally gets the scroll bar people have been asking for since 2023

A small but precious victory

GTK: scrollbar for terminal window

helps to quickly get to the top when the output buffer is really long