prompt-toolkit / prompt-toolkit/python-prompt-toolkit
Redirect mouse input to non-focused window
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Description
I'm writing an application with a BufferControl as log, and TextArea for input. I would like to redirect scrolling to scroll the buffer, but keep the input window in focus. How would you recommend I tackle this issue?
The docs say nothing about mouse-input in the keybinds section, so I'm wondering what to use as buttons.
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- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
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Research direction
Start with the keybinds documentation and the mouse-input behavior around BufferControl and TextArea. Trace how mouse events and focus are handled, then verify that scrolling reaches the buffer while the input window remains focused; the issue provides no named files or tests.
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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
- 25/100