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Fix text selection in mouse-tracking sessions on macOS #81

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7 changes: 7 additions & 0 deletions public/terminal-manager.js
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Expand Up @@ -179,6 +179,13 @@ function createTerminalEntry(session) {
scrollback: 10000,
convertEol: true,
allowProposedApi: true,
// A TUI that turns on full mouse tracking (CSI ?1003h) makes xterm forward every
// drag to the application, so normal text selection is dead. Terminal.app and
// iTerm2 let you hold Option to override that; xterm.js requires opting in.
// Without this, selecting (and therefore copying) inside such a session is
// impossible on macOS and Cmd+C silently leaves the previous clipboard contents
// in place. Windows/Linux get the same escape hatch via Shift, which needs no flag.
macOptionClickForcesSelection: true,
linkHandler: {
activate: (_event, uri) => {
if (uri.startsWith('file://') && typeof openFileInPanel === 'function') {
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