Cmd+F (find...) begins search at unexpected placed in scrollback

[Daniel White]

Where does CMD+F begin searching in your terminal? I have unlimited scrollback enabled, and sometimes I'll search for a fairly common string but only want more recent mentions of it. The search often ends up somewhere in the middle of the scrollback, ie '1521/3000 results'. I've tried highlighting the bottom line, and my cursor is on the bottom line. Is there a way to begin the search at the most recent match?

Thanks in advance

[George Nachman]

By default it starts at the bottom and searches backwards. If you single-click somewhere then the search begins there. That gets reset if you press a key or a few other less common edge cases. If a command is selected (by single clicking) then only the selected command is searched.

On Sep 19, 2025 at 6:59:12 AM, 'Daniel White' via iterm2-discuss <iterm2-...@googlegroups.com> wrote:

Where does CMD+F begin searching in your terminal? I have unlimited scrollback enabled, and sometimes I'll search for a fairly common string but only want more recent mentions of it. The search often ends up somewhere in the middle of the scrollback, ie '1521/3000 results'. I've tried highlighting the bottom line, and my cursor is on the bottom line. Is there a way to begin the search at the most recent match?

Thanks in advance

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