Docker Compose navigation bar overwrites portion of service stdout log lines

[makinbacon21]

Description

Our development flow uses docker compose up to start our dev environments and view live logs. Since Docker Desktop v4.29.0, we now have a stupid Docker Desktop message that overwrites the bottom of stdout, so anything multiline that wraps (like a stack trace) breaks it and half the log is just the message.

Message: v View in Docker Desktop w Enable Watch

Reproduce

1. docker compose up
2. Print something from the container

Expected behavior

No response

docker version

Client:
 Cloud integration: v1.0.35+desktop.13
 Version:           26.0.0
 API version:       1.45
 Go version:        go1.21.8
 Git commit:        2ae903e
 Built:             Wed Mar 20 15:16:45 2024
 OS/Arch:           linux/amd64
 Context:           default

Server: Docker Desktop
 Engine:
  Version:          26.0.0
  API version:      1.45 (minimum version 1.24)
  Go version:       go1.21.8
  Git commit:       8b79278
  Built:            Wed Mar 20 15:18:01 2024
  OS/Arch:          linux/amd64
  Experimental:     false
 containerd:
  Version:          1.6.28
  GitCommit:        ae07eda36dd25f8a1b98dfbf587313b99c0190bb
 runc:
  Version:          1.1.12
  GitCommit:        v1.1.12-0-g51d5e94
 docker-init:
  Version:          0.19.0
  GitCommit:        de40ad0

docker info

Client:
 Version:    26.0.0
 Context:    default
 Debug Mode: false
 Plugins:
  buildx: Docker Buildx (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v0.13.1-desktop.1
    Path:     /usr/local/lib/docker/cli-plugins/docker-buildx
  compose: Docker Compose (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v2.26.1-desktop.1
    Path:     /usr/local/lib/docker/cli-plugins/docker-compose
  debug: Get a shell into any image or container. (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  0.0.27
    Path:     /usr/local/lib/docker/cli-plugins/docker-debug
  dev: Docker Dev Environments (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v0.1.2
    Path:     /usr/local/lib/docker/cli-plugins/docker-dev
  extension: Manages Docker extensions (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v0.2.23
    Path:     /usr/local/lib/docker/cli-plugins/docker-extension
  feedback: Provide feedback, right in your terminal! (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v1.0.4
    Path:     /usr/local/lib/docker/cli-plugins/docker-feedback
  init: Creates Docker-related starter files for your project (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v1.1.0
    Path:     /usr/local/lib/docker/cli-plugins/docker-init
  sbom: View the packaged-based Software Bill Of Materials (SBOM) for an image (Anchore Inc.)
    Version:  0.6.0
    Path:     /usr/local/lib/docker/cli-plugins/docker-sbom
  scout: Docker Scout (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v1.6.3
    Path:     /usr/local/lib/docker/cli-plugins/docker-scout
WARNING: Plugin "/usr/local/lib/docker/cli-plugins/docker-scan" is not valid: failed to fetch metadata: fork/exec /usr/local/lib/docker/cli-plugins/docker-scan: no such file or directory

Server:
 Containers: 4
  Running: 3
  Paused: 0
  Stopped: 1
 Images: 15
 Server Version: 26.0.0
 Storage Driver: overlay2
  Backing Filesystem: extfs
  Supports d_type: true
  Using metacopy: false
  Native Overlay Diff: true
  userxattr: false
 Logging Driver: json-file
 Cgroup Driver: cgroupfs
 Cgroup Version: 1
 Plugins:
  Volume: local
  Network: bridge host ipvlan macvlan null overlay
  Log: awslogs fluentd gcplogs gelf journald json-file local splunk syslog
 Swarm: inactive
 Runtimes: runc io.containerd.runc.v2
 Default Runtime: runc
 Init Binary: docker-init
 containerd version: ae07eda36dd25f8a1b98dfbf587313b99c0190bb
 runc version: v1.1.12-0-g51d5e94
 init version: de40ad0
 Security Options:
  seccomp
   Profile: unconfined
 Kernel Version: 5.15.146.1-microsoft-standard-WSL2
 Operating System: Docker Desktop
 OSType: linux
 Architecture: x86_64
 CPUs: 8
 Total Memory: 7.678GiB
 Name: docker-desktop
 ID: 9b25a948-41b3-43e9-bd2e-d766f19b04b0
 Docker Root Dir: /var/lib/docker
 Debug Mode: false
 HTTP Proxy: http.docker.internal:3128
 HTTPS Proxy: http.docker.internal:3128
 No Proxy: hubproxy.docker.internal
 Labels:
  com.docker.desktop.address=unix:///var/run/docker-cli.sock
 Experimental: false
 Insecure Registries:
  hubproxy.docker.internal:5555
  127.0.0.0/8
 Live Restore Enabled: false

WARNING: No blkio throttle.read_bps_device support
WARNING: No blkio throttle.write_bps_device support
WARNING: No blkio throttle.read_iops_device support
WARNING: No blkio throttle.write_iops_device support
WARNING: daemon is not using the default seccomp profile

Diagnostics ID

19A580A1-07E3-4440-AB92-04F460D1B90B/20240416142037

Additional Info

Windows 11 build 22631.3447

[florimon]

Unfortunately, Settings -> General -> untick 'Show CLI hints' does not turn this off. Very annoying.

[eudaimos]

@makinbacon21 @florimon you can turn it off using an ENV var:

COMPOSE_MENU=0

We are looking at a fix

[your-diary]

@eudaimos
It works like a charm!
Do you know where it is documented?
(I want to know if there are any side effects of setting COMPOSE_MENU=0.)

[jjmerri]

This was causing me different issues. I had read -r MY_VAR in my bash script after the docker compose command and it was basically locking my terminal. Couldn't even ctrl-c. disabled with export COMPOSE_MENU=0 and it worked fine.

[jhrotko]

Hello, @makinbacon21. Thank you for your feedbackl! Two PRs were merged: one with a fix and another improving the documentation for this experimental feature. The fix for your issue was released in compose v2.27.0 which was included in Docker Desktop release for v4.30.0

[shelby-carter]

@makinbacon21 @florimon you can turn it off using an ENV var:

COMPOSE_MENU=0

We are looking at a fix

OMG THANK YOU!
That silly panel is sooo damn annoying! I often like to hit enter a few times to add some spacing between log messages while debugging stuff and that stupid panel just prevents the expected Enter key behavior.
And it's just absolutely useless! I know where to damn open docker ui or enable watch if I want to!!

[shalak]

Additionally to the issues mentioned above, it tends to break the iTerm2 terminal session (the newline in PS prompt is no longer printed).

This is a great example of an unnecessary "UX improvement". Dear docker team - I really appreciate all the hard work you give to us. And I have a kind request - If this feature is here to stay, can you please ensure that the COMPOSE_MENU=0 way of disabling it will always be there?

[jaredc]

I use iterm2, and found that once the compose-menu is shown in my terminal via a "docker compose up " command, it's as though the font color for the command is now black or matching the background color of the terminal. I can still type commands and see their output - but I cannot see my cursor nor what I'm typing. I've had to close and reopen a terminal to get things functioning normally again. Thanks for the info on the env var to disable this.

[kyle-mcknight]

It's not fixed in 2.27 for me @jhrotko

kamcknig@kyles-pc ~$ docker --version
Docker version 26.1.1, build 4cf5afa

kamcknig@kyles-pc ~$ docker compose version
Docker Compose version v2.27.0-desktop.2

This still happens for me

[rishutripathi]

Unfortunately, Settings -> General -> untick 'Show CLI hints' does not turn this off. Very annoying.

Worked for me, retry

[jonasmarco]

@makinbacon21 @florimon you can turn it off using an ENV var:

COMPOSE_MENU=0

We are looking at a fix

Local env and disabling Show CLI hints didn't work for me.
What I did was run compose like this:

docker compose up --menu=false

[jpdery]

@makinbacon21 @florimon you can turn it off using an ENV var:

COMPOSE_MENU=0

We are looking at a fix

Local env and disabling Show CLI hints didn't work for me. What I did was run compose like this:

docker compose up --menu=false

Is it possible to disable this when using docker-sync ?

[tuanalumi]

Still happening

[8ctopus]

I stupidly thought that the environment variable needs to be added to the docker-compose.yaml until I figured out it was in the terminal. Here's an example for those stuck like I was.

export COMPOSE_MENU=0
docker compose up