Alacritty Version 0.13.0 Release

Packaging

• Minimum Rust version has been bumped to 1.70.0
• Manpages are now generated using scdoc (see INSTALL.md)

Added

• Warnings for unused configuration file options

• Config option persist in hints config section
• Support for dynamically loading conpty.dll on Windows
• Support for keybindings with dead keys
• Back/Forward mouse buttons support in bindings
• Copy global IPC options (-w -1) for new windows
• Bindings to create and navigate tabs on macOS
• Support startup notify protocol to raise initial window on Wayland/X11
• Debug option prefer_egl to prioritize EGL over other display APIs
• Inline vi-mode search using f/F/t/T
• window.blur config option to request blur for transparent windows

• --option argument for alacritty msg create-window
• Support for DECRQM/DECRPM escape sequences
• Support for kitty's keyboard protocol

Changed

• Mode-specific bindings can now be bound in any mode for easier macros
• --help output is more compact now and uses more neutral palette

• Configuration file now uses TOML instead of YAML
Run alacritty migrate to automatically convert all configuration files
• Deprecated config option draw_bold_text_with_bright_colors, use
colors.draw_bold_text_with_bright_colors
• Deprecated config option key_bindings, use keyboard.bindings
• Deprecated config option mouse_bindings, use mouse.bindings
• The default colorscheme is now based on base16 classic dark

• IME popup now tries to not obscure the current cursor line
• The double click threshold was raised to 400ms
• OSC 52 paste ability is now disabled by default; use terminal.osc52 to adjust it
• Apply colors.transparent_background_colors for selections, hints, and search matches

• Underline full hint during keyboard selection

• Synchronized updates now use CSI 2026 instead of legacy DCS variant
• In mouse mode with Shift pressed, mouse bindings without Shift are only triggered
if no exact binding (i.e. one with Shift) is found.
• Use built-in font for powerline symbols from U+E0B0 to U+E0B3

• Default bell.animation is now Linear
• IncreaseFontSize/DecreaseFontSize step is now 1px
• font.size precision was raised to 6 floating point digits
• Default font size to 11.25 matching 15px
• Xft.dpi is now reloaded when xsettingd change its value on X11

Fixed

• Unconditional query of xdg-portal settings on Wayland
• Maximized startup mode not filling the screen properly on GNOME Wayland
• OptionAsAlt with OnlyLeft/OnlyRight settings not working properly on macOS
• Default Vi key bindings for Last/First actions not working on X11/Wayland
• Cut off wide characters in preedit string
• Scrolling on touchscreens
• Double clicking on CSD titlebar not always maximizing a window on Wayland
• Excessive memory usage when using regexes with a large number of possible states
• window.decorations_theme_variant not live reloading
• Copy/Paste being truncated to 64KiB on Wayland
• X11 clipboard lagging behind sometimes
• High wakeup count on Wayland due to clipboard polling
• Blocking paste freezing alacritty on Wayland
• Command modifier persisting after Cmd + Tab on macOS
• Crash on exit when using NVIDIA binary drivers on Wayland
• window.startup_mode applied to window again when creating new tab
• Crash when leaving search after resize
• Cursor being hidden after reaching cursor blinking timeout
• Message bar content getting stuck after closing with multiple messages on Wayland
• Vi cursor position not redrawn on PageUp/PageDown without scrollback
• Cursor not updating when blinking and viewport is scrolled
• Failure to start with recent version of mesa's i915 driver
• Error when using chars inside the mouse bindings

Removed

• Config option background_opacity, use window.background_opacity
• Config option colors.search.bar, use colors.footer_bar instead
• Config option mouse.url, use the hints config section
• Config options mouse.double_click and mouse.triple_click