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Mouse doesn't work in Editor

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python
Domain
desktop

Research direction

Reproduce the mouse failure in the CQ-editor editor window on macOS after upgrading to the latest version, while checking that other windows still accept mouse input. Trace the editor window's mouse-event handling and verify that normal mouse interaction works there without affecting other windows.

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Description

After upgrading to latest CQ-editor on Mac, my mouse doesn't work in the editor window. Works fine in all other windows.

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