SDL backend does not grab mouse focus

2 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/next-steps.txt b/next-steps.txt
index 63c355e9..0908b107 100644
--- a/next-steps.txt
+++ b/next-steps.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 + Esc in normal mode toggles focus (the same functionality as spc+w+t).
-- sdl backend no longer grabs mouse focus
++ sdl backend no longer grabs mouse focus
 - implement a real basic config file at ~/.config/pardes (use zig stdlib to locate these config dirs) which will execute the builtins in each line; like Font abc, Theme asdfd, this will execute before rendering so that the application won't flash or anything when styling changes. also if there's an error with a command, it will silently fail.
 - implement ipc comms via unix sockets, this will be used to deatach and reattach to a pardes session .
 - Add the New builtin that will open a new empty tempfile on the column that called it.
diff --git a/src/gui/gui.zig b/src/gui/gui.zig
index ef2422c5..7d2a8cf1 100644
--- a/src/gui/gui.zig
+++ b/src/gui/gui.zig
@@ -1012,9 +1012,10 @@ fn runNative(init: std.process.Init, opts_in: pardes.Options) !void {
     if (c.SDL_CreateCursor(&p9_arrow_set, &p9_arrow_mask, 16, 16, 1, 1)) |cur| {
         _ = c.SDL_SetCursor(cur);
     } else log.err("SDL_CreateCursor: {s}", .{c.SDL_GetError()});
-    // fullscreen deck use: keep the pointer inside the window. Absolute
-    // coords stay (no relative mode — clicks need positions).
-    if (!test_mode) _ = c.SDL_SetWindowMouseGrab(window, true);
+    // Keep the window's mouse ungrabbed: desktop users must be able to move
+    // the pointer out normally. The deck's virtual pointer is clamped and
+    // warped explicitly only when its controls move it (see dispatch and
+    // pollGamepad), so it does not need window-wide confinement.
     const device = c.SDL_CreateGPUDevice(c.SDL_GPU_SHADERFORMAT_SPIRV, true, null) orelse {
         log.err("SDL_CreateGPUDevice: {s}", .{c.SDL_GetError()});
         return error.SdlInit;