From 74a6dfb19779ecc13b52483e15634b0e5f49b416 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daniel Imms <daimms@microsoft.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2018 11:28:48 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Send arrow events on mouse wheel in alt buffer

Fixes #426
---
 src/Terminal.ts | 15 ++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/Terminal.ts b/src/Terminal.ts
index 6e501d03b..e1452f442 100644
--- a/src/Terminal.ts
+++ b/src/Terminal.ts
@@ -991,7 +991,20 @@ export class Terminal extends EventEmitter implements ITerminal, IInputHandlingT
     // }
 
     on(el, 'wheel', (ev: WheelEvent) => {
-      if (!this.mouseEvents) return;
+      if (!this.mouseEvents) {
+        // Convert wheel events into up/down events when the buffer does not have scrollback, this
+        // enables scrolling in apps hosted in the alt buffer such as vim or tmux. 
+        if (!this.buffer.hasScrollback) {
+          let sequence = C0.ESC + (this.applicationCursor ? 'O' : '[');
+          if (ev.wheelDeltaY > 0) {
+            sequence += 'A';
+          } else {
+            sequence += 'B';
+          }
+          this.send(sequence);
+        }
+        return;
+      }
       if (this.x10Mouse || this.vt300Mouse || this.decLocator) return;
       sendButton(ev);
       ev.preventDefault();