Mouse support on but without copy and paste

[Konomi]

Is it possible to `set -g mouse on` but then unbind the copy and paste functions? I'd really like to just to be able to switch tabs with the mouse and nothing else. Thanks in advance.

[Nicholas Marriott]

Yes, unbind the key bindings, like MouseDrag1Pane.

Also see https://github.com/tmux/tmux/wiki/FAQ#i-want-to-use-the-mouse-to-select-panes-but-the-terminal-to-copy-how

On Mon, 7 Dec 2020 at 13:07, Konomi <konomi...@gmail.com> wrote:

Is it possible to `set -g mouse on` but then unbind the copy and paste functions? I'd really like to just to be able to switch tabs with the mouse and nothing else. Thanks in advance.

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[Konomi]

I tried doing `unbind -n MouseDrag1Pane` and that stops dragging to select in tmux but it also prevents the underlying terminal getting the MouseDrag event as well. How do I make sure it sends it through to the underlying terminal?

[Nicholas Marriott]

Read the link I sent.

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[Konomi]

I did read the link you sent. I don't see how that helps telling tmux
to send the mouse event to the underlying terminal?

[Nicholas Marriott]

Read the second paragraph.

[Konomi]

Sigh sorry and that's disappointing I'll have to think of some other
way to handle this. Thanks for your time.

On Tue, 8 Dec 2020 at 01:53, Nicholas Marriott

[Scott Rochford]

Most terminal clients allow you to invert the shift- toggle behaviour, so if you prefer the mouse events to go to the underlying terminal most of the time, and only use shift-click when switching tabs, then that might work well for you.

In putty it's under PuTTY Configuration -> Window -> Selection -> Shift overrides application's use of mouse.  In mintty it's Options -> Mouse -> Application Mouse Mode -> Default click target / Modifier for overriding default.

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[Doug Beck]

Can a code collaborator update:
https://github.com/tmux/tmux/issues/140

Adding a link to the FAQ:

https://github.com/tmux/tmux/wiki/FAQ#i-want-to-use-the-mouse-to-select-panes-but-the-terminal-to-copy-how

This github issue is the first/best Google result and the issue is closed without any helpful information. Concluding that ticket with a link to the FAQ will hopefully provide others with context on why this is not possible (and would have saved me a good bit of time trying all the suggested config).