1 files changed, 10 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/src/ninep/ctl.zig b/src/ninep/ctl.zig
index 1ba78457..c1cfa1f6 100644
--- a/src/ninep/ctl.zig
+++ b/src/ninep/ctl.zig
@@ -51,13 +51,14 @@ fn noteResult(p: *Pardes, serial: u32) void {
 /// Runs one look or exec from the pane `id`, then records the panes it
 /// created; failing that, a look records the pane it focused and an exec
 /// the pane it acted on (even one it closed).
-fn run(p: *Pardes, id: usize, exec: bool, text: []const u8, own: bool) void {
+fn run(p: *Pardes, id: usize, exec: bool, text: []const u8) void {
     const context = p.panes[id].?.serial;
     // A pane an event reader holds hears its clicks instead of acting on
     // them (editors/acme/look.c:53 and exec.c:173 send them to winevent),
-    // and a line written to its own look or exec is a click on it; the
-    // reader writes the record back to have it done.
-    if (own and p.panes[id].?.fs.readers > 0) {
+    // and a line written to a look or exec is a click: on that pane, or for
+    // the root's, on the pane with the keyboard. The reader writes the
+    // record back to have it done.
+    if (p.panes[id].?.fs.readers > 0) {
         const named = std.meta.stringToEnum(Builtin, exec_line.commandText(text)) != null;
         var flag: u32 = pardes.ctlfs.events.flag_expansion;
         if (named) flag |= pardes.ctlfs.events.flag_builtin;
@@ -94,7 +95,7 @@ pub fn command(p: *Pardes, req: Req, serial: ?u32, exec: bool) Reply {
             if (!apply) continue;
             const id = if (serial) |s| p.paneBySerial(s) orelse break else p.active;
             if (p.panes[id] == null) return Reply.fail(req.tag, E.NOENT);
-            run(p, id, exec, text, serial != null);
+            run(p, id, exec, text);
         }
     }
     return .{ .tag = req.tag, .written = @intCast(req.data.len) };
@@ -909,6 +910,10 @@ test "a pane's own look and exec go to the event reader holding it, which writes
     try testing.expect(std.mem.indexOf(u8, pane.msg[0..pane.msg_len], "routed") != null);
     try testing.expectEqual(tree.Status.ok, wr(p, Node.of(serial, .look), "one.txt:3\n").reply.status);
     try testing.expectEqualStrings("FL0 0 6 9 one.txt:3\n", call(p, .{ .tag = 3, .op = .read, .node = event, .handle = h, .size = 256 }).bytes);
+    // The root's is a click at the pane with the keyboard, this one.
+    try testing.expectEqual(tree.Status.ok, wr(p, root_exec, "Msg rooted\n").reply.status);
+    try testing.expect(std.mem.indexOf(u8, pane.msg[0..pane.msg_len], "rooted") == null);
+    try testing.expectEqualStrings("FX0 0 2 10 Msg rooted\n", call(p, .{ .tag = 5, .op = .read, .node = event, .handle = h, .size = 256 }).bytes);
     _ = call(p, .{ .tag = 4, .op = .release, .node = event, .handle = h });
     // With no reader, the root's and the pane's act at once.
     try testing.expectEqual(tree.Status.ok, wr(p, Node.of(serial, .exec), "Msg direct\n").reply.status);