Microsoft/vscode

Hover should scroll when copying with mouse and going out of hover widget

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#239,704 opened on Feb 5, 2025

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Description

repro:

start selecting using mouse and drag mouse down -> hover should scroll

vscode - see how I mouse mouse down but it doesn't scroll

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/065c7cb8-f6f4-4fdd-8ed6-49c717db90a3

chrome:

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/6705c234-719b-4941-981b-3e5aee9d6f5a

Version: 1.97.0-insider Commit: 33fc5a94a3f99ebe7087e8fe79fbe1d37a251016 Date: 2025-02-04T18:50:12.241Z Electron: 32.2.7 ElectronBuildId: 10660205 Chromium: 128.0.6613.186 Node.js: 20.18.1 V8: 12.8.374.38-electron.0 OS: Darwin arm64 24.3.0

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Research direction
Investigate the event handling for mouse drag selection and hover widget scrolling in the editor. Look at the code that handles mouse events and the hover widget's scroll behavior.
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typescript
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