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Written by Will McGugan on 2024-12-07 at 16:54

Is there anything in #Textual that makes you think "how the duck did they do that?"

I'm finally writing that blog post about the magic behind Textual, and I'm taking requests...

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Written by masukomi on 2024-12-07 at 16:56

@willmcgugan I believe this isn't specifically a textual thing, but i do NOT understand how modern terminal apps can handle mouse input, seemingly like any GUI app, and what if any limitations there are around that.

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Written by Will McGugan on 2024-12-07 at 17:01

@masukomi In a nutshell apps can send a escape sequence that requests the terminal sends mouse input. Then mouse coordinates are sent encoded in stdin, which the app can read in the same way you read text input. The app will reset the mouse input when the app exits, so you never see it.

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Written by masukomi on 2024-12-07 at 17:25

@willmcgugan that sounds surprisingly straightforward. Thanks.🙇‍♀️

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