From 8fb534d03e34321633a3eda3b325c10bc82c572e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "opencode-agent[bot]"
 <219766164+opencode-agent[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2026 16:40:21 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] feat(tui): close tabs with middle click (#43497)

Co-authored-by: kitlangton <7587245+kitlangton@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Kit Langton <kit.langton@gmail.com>
---
 packages/tui/src/component/session-tabs.tsx   | 17 ++++++++
 .../component/session-tabs-mouse.test.tsx     | 39 +++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 56 insertions(+)

diff --git a/packages/tui/src/component/session-tabs.tsx b/packages/tui/src/component/session-tabs.tsx
index 7f796a455cd..53b2fec0018 100644
--- a/packages/tui/src/component/session-tabs.tsx
+++ b/packages/tui/src/component/session-tabs.tsx
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ const ADD_TAB_WIDTH = 3
 const MARQUEE_DELAY = 600
 const MARQUEE_INTERVAL = 80
 const CONTEXT_MENU_WIDTH = 16
+const MIDDLE_MOUSE_BUTTON = 1
 const RIGHT_MOUSE_BUTTON = 2
 
 type TabContextMenuState = {
@@ -569,6 +570,14 @@ function VerticalSessionTabs(props: { controller?: SessionTabsController; animat
                   onMouseOver={() => marquee.enter(tab.sessionID, title(), hoveredTitleWidth())}
                   onMouseOut={() => marquee.leave(tab.sessionID)}
                   onMouseDown={(event) => {
+                    if (event.button === MIDDLE_MOUSE_BUTTON) {
+                      didDrag = false
+                      setDragging(undefined)
+                      tabs.close(tab.sessionID)
+                      event.preventDefault()
+                      event.stopPropagation()
+                      return
+                    }
                     if (event.button === RIGHT_MOUSE_BUTTON) {
                       didDrag = false
                       setDragging(undefined)
@@ -1108,6 +1117,14 @@ function HorizontalSessionTabs(props: { controller?: SessionTabsController; anim
               onMouseOver={() => marquee.enter(tab.sessionID, title(), hoveredTitleWidth())}
               onMouseOut={() => marquee.leave(tab.sessionID)}
               onMouseDown={(event) => {
+                if (event.button === MIDDLE_MOUSE_BUTTON) {
+                  didDrag = false
+                  setDragging(undefined)
+                  tabs.close(tab === NEW_SESSION_TAB ? undefined : tab.sessionID)
+                  event.preventDefault()
+                  event.stopPropagation()
+                  return
+                }
                 if (event.button === RIGHT_MOUSE_BUTTON) {
                   didDrag = false
                   setDragging(undefined)
diff --git a/packages/tui/test/component/session-tabs-mouse.test.tsx b/packages/tui/test/component/session-tabs-mouse.test.tsx
index 4c275e23a4d..cc425207cf2 100644
--- a/packages/tui/test/component/session-tabs-mouse.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/tui/test/component/session-tabs-mouse.test.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 /** @jsxImportSource @opentui/solid */
 import { testRender } from "@opentui/solid"
+import { MouseButton } from "@opentui/core"
 import { expect, test } from "bun:test"
 import { createSignal } from "solid-js"
 import { ConfigProvider } from "../../src/config"
@@ -60,3 +61,41 @@ test("releasing a transcript selection over tab controls does not activate them"
     app.renderer.destroy()
   }
 })
+
+test("middle-click closes a session tab without selecting it", async () => {
+  const [active, setActive] = createSignal("first")
+  const closed: Array<string | undefined> = []
+  const controller = {
+    tabs: () => [
+      { sessionID: "first", title: "First" },
+      { sessionID: "second", title: "Second" },
+    ],
+    current: active,
+    select: setActive,
+    close: (sessionID?: string) => closed.push(sessionID),
+    move() {},
+    status: () => EMPTY_SESSION_TAB_STATUS,
+  } satisfies SessionTabsController
+  const app = await testRender(
+    () => (
+      <TestTuiContexts>
+        <ConfigProvider config={createTuiResolvedConfig({ tabs: { enabled: true } })}>
+          <ThemeProvider mode="dark" source={emptyThemeSource}>
+            <SessionTabs controller={controller} animations={false} />
+          </ThemeProvider>
+        </ConfigProvider>
+      </TestTuiContexts>
+    ),
+    { width: 60, height: 8 },
+  )
+
+  try {
+    app.renderer.start()
+    await app.waitForFrame((frame) => frame.includes("Second"))
+    await app.mockMouse.click(40, 0, MouseButton.MIDDLE)
+    expect(closed).toEqual(["second"])
+    expect(active()).toBe("first")
+  } finally {
+    app.renderer.destroy()
+  }
+})