Hi everyone,
I’m running into a frustrating UX issue with the Gemini CLI tool and wanted to see if anyone else is experiencing this or if it’s specific to my setup.
The Problem
When Gemini generates a long response, the CLI restricts the text and doesn’t print everything at once. To reveal the full output, I use the Control- shortcut (on Mac).
However, every time I trigger that command, my terminal screen jumps back to the very start of the conversation. I have to manually scroll all the way back down to find the new text. Sometimes this happens multiple times during a single response, making it really difficult to follow the output.
Details
- Platform: macOS
- Behavior: Text truncation followed by "scroll jumping" on expansion.
- Current "Fix": Constant manual scrolling.
Questions
- Is anyone else seeing this "jump to top" behavior when expanding text?
- Could this be a bug in the CLI itself, or is it likely related to the specific template I'm using?
- Are there any known configuration tweaks or terminal settings (I'm using the standard terminal/iTerm2) that might stop the screen from resetting the scroll position?
If you have any suggestions on how to fix this or if there’s a specific flag I should be using to disable text restriction entirely, I’d love to hear them. Thanks!