Support Shift+Click to extend existing text selection in terminal output

[khush2003]

Summary

Feature request to support extending an existing terminal text selection with Shift+Click.

Problem

Warp currently supports click-drag, smart selection (double-click), and rectangular selection, but does not support the common terminal workflow where Shift+Click extends an existing selection from its original anchor to a new click point.

This is especially frustrating on laptop touchpads because it's hard to scroll while actively selecting. A current workaround is to zoom out so the target text roughly fits on screen, select it, then zoom back in.

Reproduction steps or desired workflow

1. Select a portion of terminal output.
2. Hold Shift.
3. Click at a different location in the output.
4. Desired: selection extends from the original anchor to the clicked location.
5. Current: previous selection clears/restarts instead of extending.

Artifacts

None attached.

Warp version

v0.2026.04.29.08.57.stable_01

Operating system

Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS (Linux)

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@khush2003

This issue appears to overlap with existing issues:

• Expand/extend text selection with shift + click #923 — Expand/extend text selection with shift + click
• shift+click to select text #4715 — shift+click to select text
• Shift+click for text selection doesn't work #3426 — Shift+click for text selection doesn't work
• Extremely hard to select portions of text #4673 — Extremely hard to select portions of text

If this report is meaningfully different, please comment with the additional context or distinguishing behavior so a maintainer can review it. Otherwise, a maintainer may close it as a duplicate after review.

Maintainer details

I concluded that shift+Click text-selection extension is a feature request that appears to duplicate several existing open requests for the same terminal output selection workflow..

Duplicate reasoning

• Expand/extend text selection with shift + click #923: Requests the same behavior: after an initial text selection, Shift+Click elsewhere should re-select/extend text from the original click to the new location.
• shift+click to select text #4715: Describes selecting text, then Shift+Clicking another position to extend the selection from the initial anchor, matching this issue's requested workflow.
• Shift+click for text selection doesn't work #3426: Reports that after selecting text in prior terminal blocks, holding Shift and clicking elsewhere should select the text between the original and new positions, but Warp does not.
• Extremely hard to select portions of text #4673: Requests Shift/Ctrl-assisted appended or extended text selection because a subsequent click currently deselects the previous selection, matching the same selection-extension gap.

This is my automated analysis and may be incorrect. A maintainer will verify the details.

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