GNU bug report logs - #76408
29.4; read-key always returns only tab-line for click in tab-line

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Message #16 received at 76408 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
Cc: 76408 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, jared <at> finder.org
Subject: Re: bug#76408: 29.4; read-key always returns only tab-line for click
 in tab-line
Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2025 17:59:57 +0000

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

>> Cc: 76408 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
>> From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
>> Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2025 09:42:06 +0200
>>
>> close 76408 31.0.50
>> thanks
>>
>> > read-key only reports the symbol tab-line for clicks in the tab-line,
>> > instead of the mouse event.
>> >
>> > To reproduce:
>> >
>> > emacs -q -nw
>> > M-x xterm-mouse-mode
>> > Show the tab-line, either global-tab-line-mode or
>> > global-window-tool-bar-mode
>> > Then just eval (read-key)
>> >
>> > Clicks in the mode-line or header-line return the underlying mouse
>> > event, but clicks in tab-line-only return the symbol tab-line.
>> >
>> > I believe the following change to read-key fixes this:
>> >
>> > @@ -3074,7 +3074,7 @@ read-key
>> > -                     (memq key '(mode-line header-line
>> > +                     (memq key '(mode-line header-line tab-line
>>
>> Thanks for the fix.  Pushed to master (I guess it's too late for release?)
>
> It's okay to backport this to the release branch.

Please wait until after Emacs 30.1 for now.  Thanks in advance.

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