From c9574ed0c79c4fff86d5f37ee0291ff3d635cd33 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mitchell Hashimoto <m@mitchellh.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2025 14:13:07 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] macOS: grab text field focus of command palette after tick

Fixes #8497

This works on every other supported version of macOS but doesn't work on
macOS tahoe. Putting it on the next event loop tick works at least on
Sequoia and Tahoe so let's just do that.
---
 .../Sources/Features/Command Palette/CommandPalette.swift  | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/macos/Sources/Features/Command Palette/CommandPalette.swift b/macos/Sources/Features/Command Palette/CommandPalette.swift
index 3e5a3a36f..8d15cbf9a 100644
--- a/macos/Sources/Features/Command Palette/CommandPalette.swift	
+++ b/macos/Sources/Features/Command Palette/CommandPalette.swift	
@@ -165,7 +165,12 @@ fileprivate struct CommandPaletteQuery: View {
                 .textFieldStyle(.plain)
                 .focused($isTextFieldFocused)
                 .onAppear {
-                    isTextFieldFocused = true
+                    // We want to grab focus on appearance. We have to do this after a tick
+                    // on macOS Tahoe otherwise this doesn't work. See:
+                    // https://github.com/ghostty-org/ghostty/issues/8497
+                    DispatchQueue.main.async {
+                        isTextFieldFocused = true
+                    }
                 }
                 .onChange(of: isTextFieldFocused) { focused in
                     if !focused {