[FEATURE]: Display descriptions as scrolling marquees #45112
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My problem is that selecting between agents while maintaining full context on what each does is difficult because the agent descriptions are truncated depending on the terminal width.
Here is my proposed solution: Upon hovering over a list item and after a second, if its description does not fit on the screen, it starts scrolling through its text character-by-character, becoming a marquee that loops endlessly. The end of the description is delimited by several spaces in a row. If the item becomes unfocused, its description resets to its start.
This feature can be extended to other parts of the interface that also display item names and descriptions side-by-side in a list view.
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simonklee commentedon Aug 26, 2026
We do something similar for tabs, is that what you mean?
jack5github commentedon Aug 26, 2026
[-][FEATURE]: Display agent descriptions as scrolling marquees[/-][+][FEATURE]: Display descriptions as scrolling marquees[/+]jack5github commentedon Oct 6, 2026
Now that I am using OpenCode v2, I have just had the opportunity to see how tabs are implemented, and yes, tab names are indeed scrolling marquees when hovered over. This should extend to every TUI list item that can have a long description, such as agents, skills, etc.
opencodejr commentedon Oct 28, 2026
Thanks for the suggestion, @jack5github! You'd like list items whose descriptions are cut off at the terminal width (for example in the agent list) to scroll as a looping marquee once they've been focused for a moment, and reset when focus moves away. The maintainers will consider it.
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