Right-clicking anywhere in terminal input should open the prompt editor

[zachlloyd]

Summary

Right-clicking anywhere within the terminal input area in terminal mode should open the prompt editor, but the prompt editor is not available from all parts of the input surface.

Problem

The terminal input area appears to contain regions where a user can reasonably expect prompt-editing affordances to apply, but right-clicking those regions does not bring up the prompt editor. This makes the prompt editor harder to discover and use because the invocation target feels narrower than the visible input area.

Expected behavior

When Warp is in terminal mode and the terminal input is visible, right-clicking anywhere on the terminal input area should bring up the prompt editor.

Actual behavior

Right-clicking within the terminal input area does not consistently bring up the prompt editor. The attached screenshot shows the relevant terminal input region, and the Loom link demonstrates the interaction.

Reproduction steps or desired workflow

1. Open Warp in terminal mode with the terminal input visible.
2. Right-click different parts of the visible terminal input area, including the blank/input region around the prompt placeholder.
3. The prompt editor should open regardless of the exact point within the terminal input area that was right-clicked.

Artifacts

Loom: https://www.loom.com/share/1428ec3524a44cacb0f173fd7d2a5e86

Warp version

v0.2026.04.30.08.57.dev_00

Operating system

macOS 26.4.1 (build 25E253)

Possible source references

• app/src/prompt/editor_modal.rs: prompt editor modal implementation.
• app/src/pane_group/pane/terminal_pane.rs: terminal pane surface likely responsible for terminal input interaction handling.
• app/src/workspace/action.rs and app/src/pane_group/mod.rs: contain OpenPromptEditor action wiring found via repo search.

[oz-for-oss]

@zachlloyd

Here's what I found while triaging this issue:

I could not find an existing open duplicate. The report looks actionable: the current behavior appears tied to different right-click menus being used for the prompt area versus the input/editor area.

Maintainer details

I concluded that right-clicking different parts of the terminal input surface appears to route to different context menus, leaving prompt editing available only from the prompt-specific hit target..

Triage summary

The reported behavior is plausible and maps to the current terminal input event wiring: right-clicking the rendered prompt opens the prompt context menu, but right-clicking the input editor/blank input area opens the input context menu instead and does not expose the prompt editor action.

Reproduction assessment

Reproducibility is medium. The issue includes a dev build, macOS version, clear steps, and a Loom, and the code has distinct prompt vs input context-menu paths that can explain the narrow hit target. It is not marked high only because the exact click coordinates/screenshot are not available in the text captured for this triage pass.

Likely implementation area

• app/src/terminal/prompt_render_helper.rs: prompt/right-click handler dispatches TerminalAction::PromptContextMenu.
• app/src/terminal/input.rs: editor/input box right-click dispatches TerminalAction::OpenInputContextMenu.
• app/src/terminal/view.rs: prompt context menu includes Edit prompt; input context menu does not.
• app/src/workspace/view.rs and app/src/pane_group/pane/terminal_pane.rs: propagate OpenPromptEditor from terminal/pane to workspace.

Duplicate search

I checked open issues repository-wide and recent closed issues for prompt editor, right-click, context menu, and terminal input area terms. The closest matches were about unrelated right-click or prompt topics, so I did not identify a likely duplicate.

This is my automated analysis and may be incorrect. A maintainer will verify the details.

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[zachlloyd]

@oz-agent please implement the fix

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@zachlloyd

I'm implementing this issue with no spec context.

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I updated the existing draft implementation PR for this issue.

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[Hasan36arnob]

Quick dumb question: if I right-click my mouse left button, will that open the prompt editor? Or do I need to buy a special right-click-only mouse for this?