From 1b0dc5ef3d207b761c0a7936ae867c91dc07d2e9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kovid Goyal <kovid@kovidgoyal.net>
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2025 13:07:40 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Fix #8461

---
 kitty/window.py | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/kitty/window.py b/kitty/window.py
index 234fd63ed..9ff5cd6bd 100644
--- a/kitty/window.py
+++ b/kitty/window.py
@@ -242,6 +242,7 @@ class WindowDict(TypedDict):
     user_vars: dict[str, str]
     at_prompt: bool
     created_at: int
+    in_alternate_screen: bool
 
 
 class PipeData(TypedDict):
@@ -781,6 +782,7 @@ def as_dict(self, is_focused: bool = False, is_self: bool = False, is_active: bo
             'columns': self.screen.columns,
             'user_vars': self.user_vars,
             'created_at': self.created_at,
+            'in_alternate_screen': self.screen.is_using_alternate_linebuf(),
         }
 
     def serialize_state(self) -> dict[str, Any]: