Under the hoodTier: how much it should matter to you
2Useful: my rating, 1 to 5
2Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
Terminal UIArea: what it touches
Internal ChangesKind: in v2.1.267,
Internal ChangesSection of the release
What
The engine that draws Claude Code's terminal interface now explicitly handles mouse pointer presses, drags, releases and hovering, and can "capture" the pointer to a specific on-screen element for the duration of a drag. While an element holds the pointer captured, mouse wheel scrolling is suppressed.
Why
This is groundwork for more precise mouse interaction in the terminal UI, such as dragging something without the screen also scrolling underneath it at the same time.
