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History, copy and paste

The live screen is the current terminal display. Enter history/copy view to inspect old output, search errors and select text without sending navigation keys to the running program.

Open history

Built-in bindings use Ctrl+V or PageUp. The installer-recommended configuration uses Ctrl+Shift+C, with Ctrl+Shift+H for clipboard history and Ctrl+Shift+V for system paste. A host terminal may intercept these chords; check current help and resolve host/TUI conflicts.

Screenshot to add · History selection and search

Distinguish a search result, text selection and Live.

Capture instructions · tui-history

Use synthetic logs, search ERROR with context, then select two lines in history.

Search and copy

  1. Enter history, press / and search for text such as ERROR.
  2. Use Tab for the available search mode and n / N for the next/previous match.
  3. Move to the selection start, press Space, then move to its end.
  4. Press y to copy; use Esc to leave the selection or view.

Built-in navigation includes arrows / hjkl, page keys, u / d half-pages, g oldest and G newest. Reaching the newest history does not prove application readiness.

Clipboard history and system paste

In copy view, built-in H opens clipboard history, p pastes the latest item and P pastes from the system. Clipboard history uses Enter paste, Ctrl+N create, Ctrl+E edit and Ctrl+X delete.

Pasted text reaches the focused program. Inspect multiline content and focus first. System clipboard availability also depends on the host terminal and environment.

Retention limits

Daemon settings govern history size and age. Evicted data and explicit output gaps cannot be reconstructed by a client. Read live screens and history and daemon retention settings.