VSCode debug console does not stay scrolled to the bottom

Question

I am using VSCode to develop something using the Flutter Framework. The Flutter extension writes logs to the debug console. I scroll the debug console to the bottom, so it stays auto-scrolling / tailing the log.

Whenever the flutter logs write a large amount of data at once, the debug console stops tailing the log all of a sudden.

Has anyone observed this same issue before and found a solution?

Solution 1

This is actually a VSCode issue (which should be fixed now), take a look at #117674.

There is currently no fix, you'll have to wait until the issue is fixed by the VSCode team.

A workaround is actually disabling Word Wrap in your VSCode settings. Go to your settings, search for Debug Console and untick Word Wrap. Although disabling it seems to introduce other problems in the terminal.

Solution 2

Go to settings (Ctrl+), search for "Word Wrap" and untick it.

As stated here: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/118702

If that doesn't work, there's an issue on Github which is still open to date. Keep an eye on it and wait for the fix:

https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/117674

Comments

[Scorb]

debugConsole.wordWrap is already set to true by default.

[Yasine Romdhane]

True that, I actually misread the answer on issue #18702, it's fixed by disabling word wrap