prompt-toolkit / prompt-toolkit/python-prompt-toolkit
Mouse Event: Drag
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Description
When selecting text with the mouse (by clicking and dragging in a prompt-toolkit text editing field), I noticed that it doesn't render the selected text as highlighted until after I release the mouse button. (Editors like vim and micro both highlight the text as you drag your mouse, whereas prompt-toolkit doesn't seem to have a handler event for when you're click-dragging the mouse). Is it possible to add this functionality? I would be willing to help
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Research direction
Start by tracing mouse selection handling in the prompt-toolkit text editing field, focusing on how click-drag events differ from the final mouse release. Compare the behavior during dragging with the existing selection rendering, then verify that selected text is highlighted before the button is released.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100