Alacritty Version 0.12.0 Release

Added

• Uppercase -T short form for --title
• Support for horizontal scrolling in mouse mode and alternative scrolling modes
• Support for fractional scaling on Wayland with wp-fractional-scale protocol
• Support for running on GLES context
• Touchscreen input for click/scroll/select/zoom
• window.resize_increments config option, disabled by default

Changed

• Always use sRGB color space on macOS
• Erase in line after the last column will no longer clear the last column
• Open new windows by default with macOS Cmd+N binding
• The hint about window transparency is now properly issued on Wayland and macOS
• window.decorations_theme_variant could now control theme on macOS and Windows
• The IME purpose is now set to Terminal which could help with OSK
• window.decorations_theme_variant is now using Dark, Light, and None values
• Resize increments are now set on macOS and X11 to resize by cell sizes

Fixed

• --help output for --class does not match man pages
• Cursor and underlines always being black on very old hardware
• Crash when using very low negative font.offset
• Startup failure on macOS with default config when system /bin/sh is dash
• Artifacts in corners for maximized window with CSD on Wayland
• Dotted underline not shown on macOS
• Underline on macOS always being at the bottom of the cell
• Crash with OT-SVG fonts on Linux/BSD
• Crash during text compose on old GNOME under Wayland
• Mouse cursor staying hidden after window regains focus on macOS Ventura
• Blurry fonts when changing padding size at runtime
• Crash while typing on Wayland
• Multi-line semantic bracket selection
• Reduced GPU memory usage
• Low frame rate when multiple windows render at the same time
• Redraw hanging until a keypress on X11 in rare cases
• Window clipping when maximizing a window without decorations on Windows
• Quadrants not aligned with half blocks with built-in font
• EOT (\x03) escaping bracketed paste mode
• Drag & Drop not working for the search bar
• Simple-fullscreened window not resized when moving between monitors on macOS

Removed

• window.gtk_theme_variant config field; use window.decorations_theme_variant instead
• alt_send_esc is now always set to true