Mouse scroll doesn't work in WSL in Vi/Vim editor

Asked Mar 28 '24 at 09:45

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I have Windows 11 with WSL and Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS. When I open any program in the Vi/Vim editor, I can't scroll up or down using the mouse. Any solution for it?

I tried to add set mouse=a in .vimrc. The scroll then worked, but it gave another problem. With that in place, I can't select texts by the normal way of clicking on mouse and paste it somewhere else in the terminal.

edited Apr 03 '24 at 10:33

NotTheDr01ds

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asked Mar 28 '24 at 09:45

Debashis

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Does this answer your question? Hitting arrow keys adds characters in vi editor – muru Mar 28 '24 at 10:02
( Don't forget vi was written back in the days when very few terminals actually had arrow keys... ) – guiverc Mar 28 '24 at 10:12
Hi, I tried the solutions given from the link given by muru. I tried to add set nocompatible in the vimrc and also tried to install new vim editor, still doesn't work. Also. it doesn't work in vim – Debashis Mar 28 '24 at 10:23
I see a deleted answer from you on this. Did set mouse=a not work after all? Regardless, you should edit the question to include that as something you've tried. Thanks! – NotTheDr01ds Mar 29 '24 at 12:50

Mouse scroll doesn't work in WSL in Vi/Vim editor

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