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At some point not possible to scroll chat down to see last messages #63
Description
Feedback source
None
GitHub Copilot plugin version
0.14.0.202512112209
Eclipse IDE and version
Eclipse IDE for Enterprise Java and Web Developers (includes Incubating components) - 2025-12 (4.38.0)
Platform
Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.19045.0 x64
(Windows 10)
Steps to reproduce
Chat with several iterations, sometimes with long Copilot answers, at some point scroll appears to be scrolled to the bottom, but there are more messages available. No way to see them.
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Expected behavior
I expect to see the entire chat content, especially newer messages, which currently are unavailable.
Actual behavior
Chat with several iterations, sometimes with long Copilot answers, at some point scroll appears to be scrolled to the bottom, but there are more messages available. No way to see them.
Additional information
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Activity
josechillan commentedon Dec 19, 2025
I confirm I have the same issue. We don't even see confirmation request by copilot and we are stuck in the middle of nowhere !
At least, a command to clear the windows (scroll history) would be great !
jdneo commentedon Dec 23, 2025
Is it possible to share any screenshot or record to help illustrate the issue?
albert-zilberman commentedon Dec 23, 2025
Sheng Chen (@jdneo) Unfortunately, the chat contains confidential information, and I cannot share it here.
Just have chat with many ,Messages and long answers from AI. At some point, you see during AI answering, the scrollbar position still moving (up, showing that chat grows), but moving the scrollbar down, does not change the position of the chat view. When you scroll it to very bottom, the chat view is not moving.
vgoehrke-materna commentedon Jan 20, 2026
We have the same problem and are trying to create a screenshot without including any confidential information.
vgoehrke-materna commentedon Jan 20, 2026
A colleague took this screenshot. You can see that in both chat windows the text is cut off. The scrollbar also suggests that there is more content. However, you cannot scroll down any further, neither with the arrow keys nor with the scrollbar.
jdneo commentedon Jan 21, 2026
Volker Goehrke (Materna) (@vgoehrke-materna) What is your eclipse version and the plugin version?
Is it stable to repro?
vgoehrke-materna commentedon Jan 21, 2026
Eclipse Version:
2024-12 (4.34.0), Build id: 20241128-0757
2025-03 (4.35.0), Build id: 20250306-0812
2025-12 (4.38.0), Build id: 20251204-0850
GitHub Copilot: 0.14.0
It occurred for us both with the stable build as well as with the nightly build.
MergingMonkey commentedon Jan 30, 2026
Occurs for me in Eclipse 2025-09 with GitHub Copilot 0.15 too.
I looked at my conversation JSON file in
<workspace>\.metadata\.plugins\com.microsoft.copilot.eclipse.core\conversations\<GithubProfile>for more information of when this happened:I also noticed that already a few turns earlier, the prompt input field got very laggy when entering text. Maybe this is related?
jdneo commentedon Feb 2, 2026
This should be related with the MarkupViewer perf issue.
josechillan commentedon Feb 2, 2026
Yes, I confirm that after a long chat session, even typing becomes very slow, and at some point, it does not scroll anymore. One other issue is that sometimes, the "stop" red button is not visible : we cannot stop a copilot that goes in a wrong direction !
ThisOtterBeGood commentedon Mar 26, 2026
i can also report this for long sessions:
Solution idea: Maybe you need some kind of pagination/streaming. I dont need the whole chat available in the scroll pane. If i scroll to the top you could reload older chat stuff.
jdneo commentedon Mar 26, 2026
Yes, currently we also have perf issue when the chat session is long, too many swt widgets rendered. This could be something to explore
wzwei1990 commentedon Jun 3, 2026
still have this issue how can i do for it
wzwei1990 commentedon Jun 3, 2026
i have a temp solution （Ctrl + -） Zoom out the interface can help this issue
jdneo commentedon Jul 14, 2026
Please install the latest version: 0.20.0 and try again.