Make snapOnInput more flexible (i.e. do not snap on mouse paste, but snap on Enter) #22346

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opened 2026-01-31 08:10:29 +00:00 by claunia · 0 comments
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Originally created by @phil-blain on GitHub (Oct 3, 2024).

Description of the new feature/enhancement

Often, I find myself scrolling up to copy stuff from earlier commands, e.g. long paths (I do that by selecting them). I would like to be able to paste them (I do that using right click) at the current prompt, but without snapping back to the prompt (i.e. what happens with "snapOnInput": false), but then I would also like that if I type stuff to tweak the command I'm writing, or hit Enter to execute it, then Terminal snaps to it (i.e. what happens with "snapOnInput": true).

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Maybe "snapOnInput": "keyboard"|"mouse"|"all", with the current true behaviour equivalent to "all", and the one I describe above would be "keyboard".

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Reference: starred/terminal#22346