MouseDragEnd1Pane puts me in copy mode

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Michael Grant

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Feb 13, 2024, 7:48:46 AM2/13/24

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(I posted this https://github.com/orgs/tmux/discussions/3831 but haven't gotten any responses yet so re-posting it here)

I want to be able to select stuff in tmux and have it copy the selection into the copy buffer. When I left-click-drag, then release, I want what is selected to be in the copy buffer. I found this which seems to work:

bind -T copy-mode MouseDragEnd1Pane send -X copy-selection-no-clear

However, when I simply click in the window, it throws me into copy mode (even when I'm not). For example, on my desktop, let's say I was in another application, then I clicked inside the window to get back to ssh window with tmux. Annoyingly, tmux goes into copy mode. I now have to hit Enter to get it out of copy mode before I can type anything.

It's as if when I click in the window, tmux is interpretting this as a start and end drag event and the 'no-clear' is taking me into copy mode even though I'm not already in copy-mode. The bind seems to ignore the fact that I asked this only to be applicable in copy-mode. It's just a theory though.