Map Mouse Buttons in Config

[Joe-Zer0]

I would like to propose allowing users to set the mappings for the mouse buttons in the config file. Here is an example:

[mouse.normal.editor]
# right click copies text to system clipboard
mouse2 = ":clipboard-yank"
# something like the following would be useful too
# double-click = "miw"

[mouse.normal.gutter]
# disable setting breakpoints with mouse
mouse1 = "no_op"

[willhansen]

I've been trying to figure out how to bind middle-click to "gd" and the thumb button to "C-o". Has it just not been implemented as possible yet?

[pascalkuthe]

no its not implemented yet, its probably reasonable to add some form of remap capability but I see helix as a primarily keyboard driven editor so I see mouse-based mapping as pretty low priority

[Joe-Zer0]

That's fair. Thanks for the response!

[tmpm697]

I aslo have this interest, I want to select text with left mouse and then copy them to system clipboard with right mouse,
or just yank to system clipboard by select text with left mouse.

[0x61nas]

I think that I can work on this, please assign this issue to me if there's no one working on

[Nilsia]

0x61nas I do not know if you implemented this feature yet, however if you are not motivated or don't want to do it anymore.

I would be pleased to take this issue.

I think a bit about it, and I believe that the best way to implement it is to pass into selection mode when double-click / triple-click, or even pressing continuously the left click.
For yanking the solution would be to use the command 'yank' instead of the right click (I do not think that is a good idea to overwrite it, as well as the right click open a menu provided by the OS)

[0x61nas]

however if you are not motivated or don't want to do it anymore

I don't know if I'll have the space to work on this anytime soon

I would be pleased to take this issue.

it's yours now, go ahead

[Joe-Zer0]

In Windows Terminal (not in Helix) the right click behavior is to copy to clipboard if there is a selection and the paste if there is no selection. There are no menu's inside the terminal. I think it would be intuitive to mimic this behavior inside of Helix.

[Nilsia]

Yes, that right, when the mouse is enabled, there is no menu.
I will do what I can do and give a try to Windows when finished.

[Joe-Zer0]

That would be amazing! Right click yank is my most desired feature.

[Nilsia]

Hi, I have mostly finished the configuration for mouses.
However, something is missing... Is there a way to take from the config key sequences like 'miw' ?
I am searching for that implementations.
If not present, I can implement it by adding in Mappable a KeySequence structure, where the keys start with a '>'.
for example: 2-left = [">m", ">i", ">w"]

[the-mikedavis]

Is there a way to take from the config key sequences like 'miw' ?

See #1383

[peterjc]

RE:

# something like the following would be useful too
# double-click = "miw"

Mouse double-click for select word was logged as part of #10208.