Feature Request: Add mouse events to PowerShell Engine

[pcgeek86]

Originally posted here: PowerShell/PowerShell#14247

It was recommended to move this to PSReadLine.

Description of the new feature/enhancement

Whereas:

1. Both tmux and PowerShell are terminal-based applications
2. tmux supports mouse events, such as click-and-drag to resize panes, select a window, and scroll through history
3. PowerShell scripts could benefit from mouse interactions

Proposed technical implementation details (optional)

This might be implemented using a PowerShell "engine event."

Right-Click Event

The right-click event should include event data that describes the terminal coordinates of the click event.

Register-EngineEvent -Action { Draw-ContextMenu -At $event.Coordinates } -SourceIdentifier [System.Management.Automation.PsEngineEvent]::RightClick

Scroll Event

The scroll up/down event should include event data about the speed / length / height (???) of the scroll.

Example

Register-EngineEvent -Action { GrabAndDisplay-SomeHistoricalLogData } -SourceIdentifier [System.Management.Automation.PsEngineEvent]::ScrollUp

Click Event

The click event should support both a single click and double-click events. Both should include terminal coordinates where the event occurred.

Register-EngineEvent -Action { Perform-AnAction -At $event.Coordinates } -SourceIdentifier [System.Management.Automation.PsEngineEvent]::DoubleClick

[GaryAtlan82]

Will this feature ever get picked up? Its still stuck on "Not-Planned". I really need it.

[theJasonHelmick]

@GaryAtlan82 - Thank you for checking on this issue. The majority of the work required would come from .NET -- I would suggest adding a feature request to their repository. https://github.com/dotnet/runtime

[GaryAtlan82]

@GaryAtlan82 - Thank you for checking on this issue. The majority of the work required would come from .NET -- I would suggest adding a feature request to their repository. https://github.com/dotnet/runtime

If isn't the legend himself :D . I did not know, I will do that then. Thanks allot!

[kilasuit]

@GaryAtlan82 once you've done that could you please link to this issue so that we can track if/when that feature is added to .NET

[GaryAtlan82]

@GaryAtlan82 once you've done that could you please link to this issue so that we can track if/when that feature is added to .NET

Hey I created the feature request on the .NET page. I hope they pick it up. Cheers

dotnet/runtime#89694