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set -g mouse on in your ~/.tmux.conf should do the trick.

by rhinoceraptor 7y ago

panpanna 7y ago
I don't understand why this is not the default behavior.
- 1996 7y ago
  Different mouse settings send different strings. You may not way to scroll by accident if your application can use scrolling for changing commands like psql You may want to do mouse scroll only if you initiated scrolling with say Shift+Page Up (for me, all the above)
- johnr2 7y ago
  > I don't understand why this is not the default behavior I would guess it's because a lot of tmux users don't use a mouse on the text console.
reggieband 7y ago
FYI - after you do this on Mac OS you can't copy to the system clipboard from the buffer using mouse unless you push `fn` before you click on the pane. I think there are workarounds to get from the tmux copy buffer onto the system clipboard but I usually just `Ctrl-b z` to zoom the pane to full-screen, hold down `fn` button to select text, then `Ctrl-C` like normal.
- mhink 7y ago
  IIRC, this was fixed in the last few releases- it had to do with OS X's weird user-session/permissions management. At the very least, I was able to comment out the following workaround: bind-key -T copy-mode-vi Enter send-keys -X copy-pipe-and-cancel "pbcopy" bind-key -T copy-mode-vi C-j send-keys -X copy-pipe-and-cancel "pbcopy" bind-key -T copy-mode-vi MouseDragEnd1Pane send-keys -X copy-pipe-and-cancel "pbcopy" bind-key -T copy-mode-vi A send-keys -X append-pipe-and-cancel "pbcopy"
- raphattack 7y ago
  I'm using iTerm2 + tmux: 1. If I click my mouse to drag and select what I want to copy, the selection is copied to the clipboard when I release. Selection is highlighted with a yellow background. 2. If I want to double-click to copy, I just hold down the `option` key, then double click and it is copied to the clipboard. Selection is highlighted with a white background. In both instances, I don't even need to use `ctrl+c`.
- rhinoceraptor 7y ago
  Yep, although there are plugins to integrate the tmux clipboard with the system clipboard. I use tmux-yank: https://github.com/tmux-plugins/tmux-yank https://github.com/tmux-plugins/tmux-yank

set -g mouse on in your ~/.tmux.conf should do the trick.

panpanna 7y ago

I don't understand why this is not the default behavior.

1996 7y ago
Different mouse settings send different strings. You may not way to scroll by accident if your application can use scrolling for changing commands like psql You may want to do mouse scroll only if you initiated scrolling with say Shift+Page Up (for me, all the above)
johnr2 7y ago
> I don't understand why this is not the default behavior I would guess it's because a lot of tmux users don't use a mouse on the text console.

reggieband 7y ago

FYI - after you do this on Mac OS you can't copy to the system clipboard from the buffer using mouse unless you push `fn` before you click on the pane. I think there are workarounds to get from the tmux copy buffer onto the system clipboard but I usually just `Ctrl-b z` to zoom the pane to full-screen, hold down `fn` button to select text, then `Ctrl-C` like normal.

mhink 7y ago
IIRC, this was fixed in the last few releases- it had to do with OS X's weird user-session/permissions management. At the very least, I was able to comment out the following workaround: bind-key -T copy-mode-vi Enter send-keys -X copy-pipe-and-cancel "pbcopy" bind-key -T copy-mode-vi C-j send-keys -X copy-pipe-and-cancel "pbcopy" bind-key -T copy-mode-vi MouseDragEnd1Pane send-keys -X copy-pipe-and-cancel "pbcopy" bind-key -T copy-mode-vi A send-keys -X append-pipe-and-cancel "pbcopy"
raphattack 7y ago
I'm using iTerm2 + tmux: 1. If I click my mouse to drag and select what I want to copy, the selection is copied to the clipboard when I release. Selection is highlighted with a yellow background. 2. If I want to double-click to copy, I just hold down the `option` key, then double click and it is copied to the clipboard. Selection is highlighted with a white background. In both instances, I don't even need to use `ctrl+c`.
rhinoceraptor 7y ago
Yep, although there are plugins to integrate the tmux clipboard with the system clipboard. I use tmux-yank: https://github.com/tmux-plugins/tmux-yank https://github.com/tmux-plugins/tmux-yank