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Use terminal mouse and cursor modes

Let a mouse-enabled terminal program receive pointer input and show its requested cursor.

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Some terminal programs ask MAO to report pointer input and draw a particular cursor shape. When the terminal is focused, MAO forwards those gestures in the format the program requested.

Use a mouse-enabled terminal

  1. Focus the terminal and use the program’s mouse-enabled controls.
  2. Hold Shift when you want MAO to handle a local canvas gesture instead of sending the mouse action to the program.
LimitThe click that focuses a terminal is not forwarded. A reported right-click belongs to the program and does not open MAO’s node menu. Cursor blinking runs only for the focused, visible, expanded terminal.

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