From d80d84862e3b10bf97cfcda67b241152db2fe4e8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lukas <134181853+bo2themax@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2026 19:16:13 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] macOS: fix mouse not working correctly in CommandPaletteView
 (#11658)

---
 .../Sources/Ghostty/Surface View/SurfaceView_AppKit.swift | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/macos/Sources/Ghostty/Surface View/SurfaceView_AppKit.swift b/macos/Sources/Ghostty/Surface View/SurfaceView_AppKit.swift
index 3129acfba..2289a3bdd 100644
--- a/macos/Sources/Ghostty/Surface View/SurfaceView_AppKit.swift	
+++ b/macos/Sources/Ghostty/Surface View/SurfaceView_AppKit.swift	
@@ -652,6 +652,14 @@ extension Ghostty {
         }
 
         private func localEventLeftMouseDown(_ event: NSEvent) -> NSEvent? {
+            let isCommandPaletteVisible = (event.window?.windowController as? BaseTerminalController)?
+                .commandPaletteIsShowing == true
+            guard !isCommandPaletteVisible else {
+                // We don't want to process events that
+                // are supposed to be handled by CommandPaletteView
+                return event
+            }
+
             // We only want to process events that are on this window.
             guard let window,
                   event.window != nil,