Midnight Command (mc.exe) doesn't accept mouse input (selects text instead) #14325

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opened 2026-01-31 04:07:13 +00:00 by claunia · 0 comments
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Originally created by @DrPepperBianco on GitHub (Jun 24, 2021).

I installed Midnight commander on my system (Windows 10). If I launch it "C:\Program Files (x86)\Midnight Commander\mc.exe" via Windows Terminal and try to click on anything it doesn't work. It instead only selects the text.

If I try to google this problem, I only get results, telling me, that "Windows Terminal" support mouse input for Midnight Commander from around March 2020. These articles mean linux though, either via SSH or via WSL. And if I connect via SSH to linux and then use midnight commander the mouse works. But if I start a midnight commander session locally, it doesn't.

I actually had the same problem, when I just started "mc.exe" in a regular console window. But there I opened the properties and deactivates "Quick Edit". Thus selection had to be activated explicitly and other mouse clicks works as expected.

But I didn't found a similar option in the settings of Windows Terminal.

Originally created by @DrPepperBianco on GitHub (Jun 24, 2021). I installed Midnight commander on my system (Windows 10). If I launch it "C:\Program Files (x86)\Midnight Commander\mc.exe" via Windows Terminal and try to click on anything it doesn't work. It instead only selects the text. If I try to google this problem, I only get results, telling me, that "Windows Terminal" support mouse input for Midnight Commander from around March 2020. These articles mean linux though, either via SSH or via WSL. And if I connect via SSH to linux and then use midnight commander the mouse works. But if I start a midnight commander session locally, it doesn't. I actually had the same problem, when I just started "mc.exe" in a regular console window. But there I opened the properties and deactivates "Quick Edit". Thus selection had to be activated explicitly and other mouse clicks works as expected. But I didn't found a similar option in the settings of Windows Terminal.
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Reference: starred/terminal#14325