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Fix phantom terminal text selection state desync - #1235
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5237-5291:⚠️ Potential issue | 🟠 MajorImplement right and middle mouse drag handlers to forward movement updates during captured drags.
rightMouseDraggedandotherMouseDraggedare missing. Without them, captured right/middle drags never forward position updates to Ghostty, and any missed release repairs use stale coordinates.Fix
override func mouseDragged(with event: NSEvent) { guard let surface = surface else { return } let mouseState = rememberGhosttyMouseState(from: event) ghostty_surface_mouse_pos(surface, mouseState.point.x, bounds.height - mouseState.point.y, mouseState.mods) } + +override func rightMouseDragged(with event: NSEvent) { + guard let surface = surface else { return } + let mouseState = rememberGhosttyMouseState(from: event) + ghostty_surface_mouse_pos(surface, mouseState.point.x, bounds.height - mouseState.point.y, mouseState.mods) +} + +override func otherMouseDragged(with event: NSEvent) { + guard event.buttonNumber == 2 else { + super.otherMouseDragged(with: event) + return + } + guard let surface = surface else { return } + let mouseState = rememberGhosttyMouseState(from: event) + ghostty_surface_mouse_pos(surface, mouseState.point.x, bounds.height - mouseState.point.y, mouseState.mods) +}🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
Verify each finding against the current code and only fix it if needed. In `@Sources/GhosttyTerminalView.swift` around lines 5237 - 5291, The rightMouseDragged and otherMouseDragged handlers are missing, so when the surface has captured the right or middle button we never forward movement updates (ghostty_surface_mouse_pos) nor ensure pointer focus/pressed state, causing stale coordinates for missed-release repairs; add override implementations for rightMouseDragged(with:) and otherMouseDragged(with:) that mirror the press handlers: call rememberGhosttyMouseState(from:), requestPointerFocusRecovery(), optionally repairGhosttyMouseButtonsIfNeeded(...) when entering a captured drag, makeFirstResponder(self), guard let surface = surface else return, call ghostty_surface_mouse_pos(surface, x, bounds.height - y, mods) and if needed call ghostty_surface_mouse_button(...) with GHOSTTY_MOUSE_PRESS when starting a drag and update ghosttyPressedMouseButtons to include .right or .middle; ensure behavior falls back to super.rightMouseDragged/otherMouseDragged when the surface hasn't captured the mouse.
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In `@Sources/GhosttyTerminalView.swift`:
- Around line 5237-5291: The rightMouseDragged and otherMouseDragged handlers
are missing, so when the surface has captured the right or middle button we
never forward movement updates (ghostty_surface_mouse_pos) nor ensure pointer
focus/pressed state, causing stale coordinates for missed-release repairs; add
override implementations for rightMouseDragged(with:) and
otherMouseDragged(with:) that mirror the press handlers: call
rememberGhosttyMouseState(from:), requestPointerFocusRecovery(), optionally
repairGhosttyMouseButtonsIfNeeded(...) when entering a captured drag,
makeFirstResponder(self), guard let surface = surface else return, call
ghostty_surface_mouse_pos(surface, x, bounds.height - y, mods) and if needed
call ghostty_surface_mouse_button(...) with GHOSTTY_MOUSE_PRESS when starting a
drag and update ghosttyPressedMouseButtons to include .right or .middle; ensure
behavior falls back to super.rightMouseDragged/otherMouseDragged when the
surface hasn't captured the mouse.
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Greptile SummaryThis PR addresses a class of phantom terminal text-selection bugs caused by Ghostty's surface receiving a
Key issues found:
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Sequence DiagramsequenceDiagram
participant AppKit
participant GhosttyNSView
participant GhosttyTracking as ghosttyPressedMouseButtons
participant Ghostty as ghostty_surface
Note over AppKit,Ghostty: Normal press/release flow
AppKit->>GhosttyNSView: mouseDown
GhosttyNSView->>GhosttyNSView: rememberGhosttyMouseState
GhosttyNSView->>GhosttyNSView: repairGhosttyMouseButtonsIfNeeded(forceButtons:[.left])
GhosttyNSView->>Ghostty: ghostty_surface_mouse_button(PRESS, LEFT)
GhosttyNSView->>GhosttyTracking: insert(.left)
AppKit->>GhosttyNSView: mouseUp
GhosttyNSView->>Ghostty: ghostty_surface_mouse_button(RELEASE, LEFT)
GhosttyNSView->>GhosttyTracking: remove(.left)
Note over AppKit,Ghostty: Missed mouseUp repair path (e.g. view hidden while button held)
AppKit->>GhosttyNSView: setVisibleInUI(false) / resignFirstResponder
GhosttyNSView->>GhosttyNSView: scheduleGhosttyMouseButtonRepair
Note over GhosttyNSView: hasDeferredMouseButtonRepair = true
GhosttyNSView-->>GhosttyNSView: DispatchQueue.main.async fires
GhosttyNSView->>GhosttyNSView: repairGhosttyMouseButtonsIfNeeded
GhosttyNSView->>Ghostty: ghostty_surface_mouse_pos (last known)
GhosttyNSView->>Ghostty: ghostty_surface_mouse_button(RELEASE, LEFT) [synthesized]
GhosttyNSView->>GhosttyTracking: remove(.left)
Note over AppKit,Ghostty: Surface swap — reset all tracking state
AppKit->>GhosttyNSView: attachSurface(newSurface)
GhosttyNSView->>GhosttyTracking: removeAll
GhosttyNSView->>GhosttyNSView: ghosttyLastMousePoint = nil
GhosttyNSView->>GhosttyNSView: hasDeferredMouseButtonRepair = false
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| if forwardedMouseDragButton != nil, | ||
| NSEvent.pressedMouseButtons == 0 { | ||
| clearForwardedMouseDragState(reason: "buttonsReleased") | ||
| } |
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buttonsReleased guard fires prematurely on the real mouse-up event
The third check clears the forwarded-drag state whenever NSEvent.pressedMouseButtons == 0. On macOS, pressedMouseButtons reflects the current physical state — by the time AppKit dispatches a leftMouseUp (or right/other), the releasing button is already absent from that bitmask. If the tracked button was the only one held, pressedMouseButtons == 0 will be true during the normal mouseUp event itself, not just in the stale/missed-up scenario this guard is meant to catch.
Concretely:
- User presses left button over the overlay →
forwardedMouseDragButton = .left - User drags, then releases →
leftMouseUpentersforwardEvent repairForwardedMouseDragStateIfNeededruns: target still has a window (check 1 passes), mouseUp is not a Down type (check 2 passes),pressedMouseButtons == 0→ state cleared- Back in
forwardEvent:forwardedMouseDragButtonisnil, so the drag-target sticky routing is bypassed and the event falls through to a fresh hit-test
This means mouseUp can be delivered to whatever view is under the cursor at release time rather than to the original mouseDown target, breaking AppKit's guaranteed drag-delivery semantics.
A narrow fix is to skip the buttonsReleased repair when the current event is itself the up-event for the tracked button:
let isCurrentUpForTrackedButton =
shouldTrackForwardedMouseDragEnd(for: event.type) &&
dragButton(for: event) == forwardedMouseDragButton
if forwardedMouseDragButton != nil,
!isCurrentUpForTrackedButton,
NSEvent.pressedMouseButtons == 0 {
clearForwardedMouseDragState(reason: "buttonsReleased")
}| fileprivate func scheduleGhosttyMouseButtonRepair(reason: String) { | ||
| guard !ghosttyPressedMouseButtons.isEmpty else { return } | ||
| guard !hasDeferredMouseButtonRepair else { return } | ||
| hasDeferredMouseButtonRepair = true | ||
| DispatchQueue.main.async { [weak self] in | ||
| guard let self else { return } | ||
| self.hasDeferredMouseButtonRepair = false | ||
| self.repairGhosttyMouseButtonsIfNeeded(reason: reason) | ||
| } |
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Deduplication silently discards subsequent repair reasons
hasDeferredMouseButtonRepair prevents queueing more than one async block, which is correct. However, the reason string is captured in the closure at the time of the first call. If scheduleGhosttyMouseButtonRepair is called again with a different reason (e.g. setActive.false fires first, then resignFirstResponder fires while the block is still pending), the second reason is silently dropped and the block logs only the first one.
This is purely a debugging concern — the repair itself is still triggered once, which is correct. But it can make it harder to diagnose which condition ultimately determined the need for repair. One option is to accumulate reasons into a small list:
fileprivate func scheduleGhosttyMouseButtonRepair(reason: String) {
guard !ghosttyPressedMouseButtons.isEmpty else { return }
if hasDeferredMouseButtonRepair {
// already queued; optionally append reason for debugging
return
}
hasDeferredMouseButtonRepair = true
DispatchQueue.main.async { [weak self, reason] in
guard let self else { return }
self.hasDeferredMouseButtonRepair = false
self.repairGhosttyMouseButtonsIfNeeded(reason: reason)
}
}This is already what the code does, so the suggestion is simply to document the dropped-reason behavior with a comment if the team relies on these logs for future debugging.
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Sources/ContentView.swift (1)
481-489: Use the reset helper everywhere drag state is cleared.Now that
clearForwardedMouseDragState(reason:)exists, the remaining manual resets inforwardEvent(_:)should route through it for consistency and unified debug traces.♻️ Proposed refactor
@@ guard let target, target !== self else { if shouldTrackForwardedMouseDragEnd(for: event.type), let eventButton, forwardedMouseDragButton == eventButton { - forwardedMouseDragTarget = nil - forwardedMouseDragButton = nil + clearForwardedMouseDragState(reason: "matchingMouseUpWithoutTarget") } return } @@ if shouldTrackForwardedMouseDragEnd(for: event.type), let eventButton, forwardedMouseDragButton == eventButton { - forwardedMouseDragTarget = nil - forwardedMouseDragButton = nil + clearForwardedMouseDragState(reason: "matchingMouseUpForwarded") }🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
Verify each finding against the current code and only fix it if needed. In `@Sources/ContentView.swift` around lines 481 - 489, Several places in forwardEvent(_:) manually set forwardedMouseDragTarget and forwardedMouseDragButton to nil; replace those manual resets with calls to clearForwardedMouseDragState(reason:) to centralize state clearing and debug logging. Locate every manual assignment to forwardedMouseDragTarget = nil and forwardedMouseDragButton = nil inside forwardEvent(_:) and remove them, calling clearForwardedMouseDragState(reason: "<short context>") instead (use concise reason strings describing the trigger, e.g., "mouse-up", "escape", "canceled-by-other-event"). Ensure you preserve behavior and call sites so the method still clears state at the same points.
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In `@Sources/ContentView.swift`:
- Around line 481-489: Several places in forwardEvent(_:) manually set
forwardedMouseDragTarget and forwardedMouseDragButton to nil; replace those
manual resets with calls to clearForwardedMouseDragState(reason:) to centralize
state clearing and debug logging. Locate every manual assignment to
forwardedMouseDragTarget = nil and forwardedMouseDragButton = nil inside
forwardEvent(_:) and remove them, calling clearForwardedMouseDragState(reason:
"<short context>") instead (use concise reason strings describing the trigger,
e.g., "mouse-up", "escape", "canceled-by-other-event"). Ensure you preserve
behavior and call sites so the method still clears state at the same points.
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In `@Sources/FileDropOverlayView.swift`:
- Around line 146-149: Update repairForwardedMouseDragStateIfNeeded(for:) so it
does not clear forwarded drag state when isTrackedForwardedMouseDragEnd(for:)
identifies the matching mouse-up event; preserve the existing stale-state
cleanup for other events so forwardEvent(_:) dispatches the release to the
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Summary
mouseUpcannot leave selection stuck to the cursorTesting
./scripts/reload.sh --tag fix-1229Closes #1229
Summary by cubic
Fixes phantom/stuck terminal text selection by tracking pressed mouse buttons in a surface-bound ledger and synthesizing missing releases at the last known surface point, and clears stale file-drop forwarded-drag state so drops and selection don't stick after focus, surface, window, or visibility changes. Closes #1229.
Bug Fixes
GhosttyMouseSessionLedger, keyed to the runtime generation and native surface pointer, and each repair re-validates the pointer against the owning surface's liveness before sending, so a synthesized release can't double-release a newer press or cross surface replacements.Written for commit 74649b8. Summary will update on new commits.
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