Enable divergent contents but synced cursor for Synchronized Input mode

[padrepitufo]

Coming from iTerm I was surprised that in Warp if you enter Synchronized input mode

• it does not show all cursors flashing (to give you the indication that you have this enabled)
• it will rewrite the other panes with the pane you had selected when invoking this mode (which you may not desire)

my request is not to make Warp like iTerm but whether it is a valid use case to support only synchronizing the cursor (rather than the input) and if there is some way to indicate that one is in Synchronized Cursor/Input mode

Originally posted by @padrepitufo in #409 (comment)

[dannyneira]

Hi @padrepitufo Thanks for submitting. On the first point, you're correct the input editors' content is replaced in favor of the currently selected/modified input editor.

On the second point, There is currently an icon of a chain on the top of the Tab (or Tabs) to which the input is being synced. I hope this helps with that request.

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[greeze]

I'm happy to learn that there even is a Synchronized Input mode 😆 I never used it in iTerm, but I'll be using it a lot now that I know it exists.

Some thoughts after experimenting with it:

• I'm also surprised that multiple flashing cursors aren't shown. In text editors that allow multiple synchronized inputs, multiple flashing cursors are always shown. In fact, Warp itself shows multiple flashing cursors when command-clicking within the same input field. It seems that it should do so with synchronized input across multiple input fields.
• To add to that, I would also expect all panes to appear "active" while synchronized input is enabled. The chain icon is nice, but it's very easy to miss. Even knowing it's there, I don't think to look up at the active tab before I start typing. The visual state of the pane is what tells me where I'm typing.
• Further, why only allow synchronized input in all panes? Why not allow command-clicking in multiple input fields to enable synchronized input in a subset of fields?
• As mentioned in the OP, I think a differentiation between "synchronized input" and "synchronized cursors" could be very useful. I see a lot of utility in both cases, but synchronized cursors can do the job of synchronized input, but not the other way around.

Love me some Warp. Thanks for all you do.