`default_layout "compact"` will not display the scroll indicator of the line of number in the top-right corner.

1. Graphical issue inside a terminal pane (eg. something does not look as it should)

1. Delete the contents of /tmp/zellij-1000/zellij-log, ie with cd /tmp/zellij-1000/ and rm -fr zellij-log/ (/tmp/ is $TMPDIR/ on OSX)
2. Run zellij --debug
3. Run stty size, copy the result and attach it in the bug report
4. Recreate your issue.
5. Quit Zellij immediately with ctrl-q (your bug should ideally still be visible on screen)

Please attach the files that were created in /tmp/zellij-1000/zellij-log/ to the extent you are comfortable with.

Basic information

zellij --version: zellij 0.45.1

stty size: 56 230

uname -av or ver(Windows): Linux Archlinux 7.1.8-zen1-3-zen #1 ZEN SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Tue, 11 Aug 2026 09:59:01 +0000 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Further information

Reproduction steps, noticeable behavior, related issues, etc

2. Issues with the Zellij UI / behavior / crash

There is a scroll indicator like [ SCROLL 0/2793 ] when I'm using default config.kdl which the default_layout "compact" is commented out.

But if I enable default_layout "compact" there is no scroll indicator like [ SCROLL 0/2793 ] in the top-right corner, no scroll indicator whether I'm in the scrolling mode or default mode, but when I create a new pane along the existed pane, the scroll indicator apprears suddenly.

Issue description

I believe this is a bug.

Minimal reproduction

1. remove or rename ~/.config/zellij
2. open zellij to make it create the default ~/.config/zellij/config.kdl and quit zellij
3. edit ~/.config/zellij/config.kdl, comment out the default_layout "compact" line
4. open zellij agin, create some long lines for scroll buffer such as ls -l /bin.

Other relevant information

zellij-1000.zip