Usage of PageUp/Page Down Key in gnome-terminal

[Joachim Backes]

Hi guys,

I'm running F26/x86_64 and having the following problem: In earlier 
Fedora Versions, I could use PageUP or PageDown key to scroll through 
the gnome-terminal output (or I could use the mouse wheel for doing the 
same). But in F26, nothings happens if I use these keys or the mouse 
wheel! Anybody knows whether this feature has been been abolished in F26?

Kind regards

Joachim Backes

[Marmorstein, Robert]

> I'm running F26/x86_64 and having the following problem: In earlier
> Fedora Versions, I could use PageUP or PageDown key to scroll through
> the gnome-terminal output (or I could use the mouse wheel for doing

Does SHIFT-PageUp work?

Robert

[Joachim Backes]

On 08/19/17 14:32, Marmorstein, Robert wrote:
> > I'm running F26/x86_64 and having the following problem: In earlier
> > Fedora Versions, I could use PageUP or PageDown key to scroll through
> > the gnome-terminal output (or I could use the mouse wheel for doing
>
> Does SHIFT-PageUp work?
>
> Robert

Sadly no.

Joachim Backes

[Sam Varshavchik]

Joachim Backes writes:
> On 08/19/17 14:32, Marmorstein, Robert wrote:
> > > I'm running F26/x86_64 and having the following problem: In earlier
> > > Fedora Versions, I could use PageUP or PageDown key to scroll through
> > > the gnome-terminal output (or I could use the mouse wheel for doing
> >
> > Does SHIFT-PageUp work?
> >
> > Robert
>
> Sadly no.

Maybe it's just another Gnome "usability improvement", and you simply need  
to discover what it is. You know, like the one, some time back, where the  
left mouse click on the terminal scrollbar no longer scrolled the terminal  
window by one page back, or forward (like it did for over decades), but  
instead warped the scroll window to the indicated position; and you had to  
now use the right mouse button, instead, to scroll by one page.

So, just try banging on random keys on your keyboard. Maybe you'll get lucky  
and discover which new keys have now improved usability in the new Gnome,  
and do what those keys used to do. Maybe it's still PageUp/PageDown, but you  
have to use CTRL with them. Or maybe Alt. Or maybe the Hyper/Windows key.  
Who knows. It's just a fun game you always play, each time you upgrade  
Gnome/Gtk; it's called "find all the usability improvements in the new  
release that Gnome's UI experts came up with, this time around".

Correct: Usage of PageUp/Page Down Key in gnome-terminal

[Joachim Backes]

On 08/19/17 14:22, Joachim Backes wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> I'm running F26/x86_64 and having the following problem: In earlier
> Fedora Versions, I could use PageUP or PageDown key to scroll through
> the gnome-terminal output (or I could use the mouse wheel for doing the
> same). But in F26, nothings happens if I use these keys or the mouse
> wheel! Anybody knows whether this feature has been been abolished in F26?
>
> Kind regards
>
> Joachim Backes

Sorry, I meant the Shift+PageUp or Shift+PageDown key.

Joachim Backes

Fedora release 26 (Twenty Six)
Kernel-4.12.8-300.fc26.x86_64

Joachim Backes 
https://www-user.rhrk.uni-kl.de/~backes/

Correct: Usage of PageUp/Page Down Key in gnome-terminal

[Ed Greshko]

On 08/19/2017 08:36 PM, Joachim Backes wrote:
> On 08/19/17 14:22, Joachim Backes wrote:
> > Hi guys,
> >
> > I'm running F26/x86_64 and having the following problem: In earlier
> > Fedora Versions, I could use PageUP or PageDown key to scroll through
> > the gnome-terminal output (or I could use the mouse wheel for doing the
> > same). But in F26, nothings happens if I use these keys or the mouse
> > wheel! Anybody knows whether this feature has been been abolished in F26?
> >
> > Kind regards
> >
> > Joachim Backes
>
> Sorry, I meant the Shift+PageUp or Shift+PageDown key.
>
> Joachim Backes
>
> Fedora release 26 (Twenty Six)
> Kernel-4.12.8-300.fc26.x86_64

This may, or may not, be of value.

I'm running mostly KDE and that is the desktop that I'm currently logged into.  But I
do have gnome installed as well....I just don't want to switch to it this late at
night for probably stupid reasons.

But I just started gnome-terminal and the mouse scroll as well as Shift+PageUp and
PageDown work just fine for me.

gnome-terminal-3.24.2-1.fc26.x86_64

Maybe check your keyboard settings?

Correct: Usage of PageUp/Page Down Key in gnome-terminal

[Joachim Backes]

Using mate-terminal instead of gnome-terminal runs as expected with the 
PageUp/Page Down Key.

[Michael Schwendt]

On Sat, 19 Aug 2017 14:22:26 +0200, Joachim Backes wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> I'm running F26/x86_64 and having the following problem: In earlier 
> Fedora Versions, I could use PageUP or PageDown key to scroll through 
> the gnome-terminal output (or I could use the mouse wheel for doing the 
> same).

Shift+PgUp/PgDown or mouse-wheel works here.
Without shift, the keys page up and down through the command history.

[Rick Stevens]

On 08/19/2017 01:20 PM, Michael Schwendt wrote:
> On Sat, 19 Aug 2017 14:22:26 +0200, Joachim Backes wrote:
> > Hi guys,
> >
> > I'm running F26/x86_64 and having the following problem: In earlier 
> > Fedora Versions, I could use PageUP or PageDown key to scroll through 
> > the gnome-terminal output (or I could use the mouse wheel for doing the 
> > same).
>
> Shift+PgUp/PgDown or mouse-wheel works here.
> Without shift, the keys page up and down through the command history.

Functions identically in xfce4-terminal (mouse wheel or
Shift+PgUp/PgDown scroll display, PgUp/PgDown alone scrolls through
command history).
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