π File detail
hooks/useCopyOnSelect.ts
π― Use case
This file lives under βhooks/β, which covers reusable UI or integration hooks. On the API surface it exposes useCopyOnSelect and useSelectionBgColor β mainly functions, hooks, or classes. Dependencies touch React UI. It composes internal code from components, ink, and utils (relative imports).
Generated from folder role, exports, dependency roots, and inline comments β not hand-reviewed for every path.
π§ Inline summary
import { useEffect, useRef } from 'react' import { useTheme } from '../components/design-system/ThemeProvider.js' import type { useSelection } from '../ink/hooks/use-selection.js' import { getGlobalConfig } from '../utils/config.js' import { getTheme } from '../utils/theme.js'
π€ Exports (heuristic)
useCopyOnSelectuseSelectionBgColor
π External import roots
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import { useEffect, useRef } from 'react'
import { useTheme } from '../components/design-system/ThemeProvider.js'
import type { useSelection } from '../ink/hooks/use-selection.js'
import { getGlobalConfig } from '../utils/config.js'
import { getTheme } from '../utils/theme.js'
type Selection = ReturnType<typeof useSelection>
/**
* Auto-copy the selection to the clipboard when the user finishes dragging
* (mouse-up with a non-empty selection) or multi-clicks to select a word/line.
* Mirrors iTerm2's "Copy to pasteboard on selection" β the highlight is left
* intact so the user can see what was copied. Only fires in alt-screen mode
* (selection state is ink-instance-owned; outside alt-screen, the native
* terminal handles selection and this hook is a no-op via the ink stub).
*
* selection.subscribe fires on every mutation (start/update/finish/clear/
* multiclick). Both char drags and multi-clicks set isDragging=true while
* pressed, so a selection appearing with isDragging=false is always a
* drag-finish. copiedRef guards against double-firing on spurious notifies.
*
* onCopied is optional β when omitted, copy is silent (clipboard is written
* but no toast/notification fires). FleetView uses this silent mode; the
* fullscreen REPL passes showCopiedToast for user feedback.
*/
export function useCopyOnSelect(
selection: Selection,
isActive: boolean,
onCopied?: (text: string) => void,
): void {
// Tracks whether the *previous* notification had a visible selection with
// isDragging=false (i.e., we already auto-copied it). Without this, the
// finishβclear transition would look like a fresh selection-gone-idle
// event and we'd toast twice for a single drag.
const copiedRef = useRef(false)
// onCopied is a fresh closure each render; read through a ref so the
// effect doesn't re-subscribe (which would reset copiedRef via unmount).
const onCopiedRef = useRef(onCopied)
onCopiedRef.current = onCopied
useEffect(() => {
if (!isActive) return
const unsubscribe = selection.subscribe(() => {
const sel = selection.getState()
const has = selection.hasSelection()
// Drag in progress β wait for finish. Reset copied flag so a new drag
// that ends on the same range still triggers a fresh copy.
if (sel?.isDragging) {
copiedRef.current = false
return
}
// No selection (cleared, or click-without-drag) β reset.
if (!has) {
copiedRef.current = false
return
}
// Selection settled (drag finished OR multi-click). Already copied
// this one β the only way to get here again without going through
// isDragging or !has is a spurious notify (shouldn't happen, but safe).
if (copiedRef.current) return
// Default true: macOS users expect cmd+c to work. It can't β the
// terminal's Edit > Copy intercepts it before the pty sees it, and
// finds no native selection (mouse tracking disabled it). Auto-copy
// on mouse-up makes cmd+c a no-op that leaves the clipboard intact
// with the right content, so paste works as expected.
const enabled = getGlobalConfig().copyOnSelect ?? true
if (!enabled) return
const text = selection.copySelectionNoClear()
// Whitespace-only (e.g., blank-line multi-click) β not worth a
// clipboard write or toast. Still set copiedRef so we don't retry.
if (!text || !text.trim()) {
copiedRef.current = true
return
}
copiedRef.current = true
onCopiedRef.current?.(text)
})
return unsubscribe
}, [isActive, selection])
}
/**
* Pipe the theme's selectionBg color into the Ink StylePool so the
* selection overlay renders a solid blue bg instead of SGR-7 inverse.
* Ink is theme-agnostic (layering: colorize.ts "theme resolution happens
* at component layer, not here") β this is the bridge. Fires on mount
* (before any mouse input is possible) and again whenever /theme flips,
* so the selection color tracks the theme live.
*/
export function useSelectionBgColor(selection: Selection): void {
const [themeName] = useTheme()
useEffect(() => {
selection.setSelectionBgColor(getTheme(themeName).selectionBg)
}, [selection, themeName])
}