microsoft / microsoft/terminal

Tab drag causes mousedown in tmux

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Description

### Windows Terminal version

1.13.11432.0

### Windows build number

10.0.22000.0

### Other Software

tmux 3.0a inside WSL2

### Steps to reproduce

- Open a tmux session inside WSL2 (Ubuntu 20.04.3 in my case)
- Drag the current tab downwards so it overlays the screen area (and do it quite fast)

### Expected Behavior

The tmux session should be unaffected by the drag action outside of it.

### Actual Behavior

Onmousedown / drag apparently is triggered and causes the selection to change and scroll mode to start. This only happens if you drag quite fast.

https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/5270359/170699426-7528dbdd-d5cc-4ddd-9ffc-b82d7630a4ac.mp4

The latest preview version 1.14.1452.0 also has this issue and 1.12 had it as well.

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Research direction

Start by reproducing the tab-drag scenario with tmux 3.0a inside WSL2, using the listed Windows Terminal and Windows build versions, and observe the selection and scroll-mode changes. The issue is done when dragging the current tab quickly over the terminal screen no longer triggers tmux's mouse handling.

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Assessment

Tech stack
cpp
Domain
cli
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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