XTerm Console Add-on

Vaadin 14+ Java integration of xterm.js terminal emulator.

Features

• Send input text to server
• Programmatically write to the console
• Clipboard support
• Command line edition (cursor keys, insert, etc.)
• ANSI escape sequences
• And much more...

Online demo

• Vaadin 14 (Addon version 1.x)
• Vaadin 23 (Addon version 2.x)

Download release

Available in Vaadin Directory

Maven install

Add the following dependencies in your pom.xml file:

<dependency>
   <groupId>com.flowingcode.addons</groupId>
   <artifactId>xterm-console</artifactId>
   <version>X.Y.Z</version>
</dependency>

<repository>
   <id>vaadin-addons</id>
   <url>https://maven.vaadin.com/vaadin-addons</url>
</repository>

For SNAPSHOT versions see here.

Building and running demo

• git clone repository
• mvn clean install jetty:run

To see the demo, navigate to http://localhost:8080/

Release notes

See here

Issue tracking

The issues for this add-on are tracked on its github.com page. All bug reports and feature requests are appreciated.

Contributions

Contributions are welcome, but there are no guarantees that they are accepted as such.

As first step, please refer to our Development Conventions page to find information about Conventional Commits & Code Style requeriments.

Then, follow these steps for creating a contibution:

• Fork this project.
• Create an issue to this project about the contribution (bug or feature) if there is no such issue about it already. Try to keep the scope minimal.
• Develop and test the fix or functionality carefully. Only include minimum amount of code needed to fix the issue.
• For commit message, use Conventional Commits to describe your change.
• Send a pull request for the original project.
• Comment on the original issue that you have implemented a fix for it.

License & Author

Add-on is distributed under Apache License 2.0. For license terms, see LICENSE.txt.

XTermConsoleAddon is written by Flowing Code S.A.

Developer Guide

Getting started

Initialize a terminal with autosize, clipboard support and listener:

XTerm xterm = new XTerm();
xterm.writeln("Hello world.\n\n");
xterm.setCursorBlink(true);
xterm.setCursorStyle(CursorStyle.UNDERLINE);
    	
xterm.setSizeFull();
xterm.setCopySelection(true);
xterm.setUseSystemClipboard(UseSystemClipboard.READWRITE);
xterm.setPasteWithRightClick(true);

xterm.addLineListener(ev->{
    String line = ev.getLine();
    System.out.println(line);
});	
		
xterm.focus();
    	
xterm.fit();