Scrolling during mouse selection should extend the select region

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4/5
Estimated time
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Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
rust
Domain
cli

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No source file, test, or entry point is named in the issue. Start by reproducing selection in the Windows Terminal, then trace how mouse selection and scrolling interact. It is done when scrolling during an active selection extends the selected region upward or downward without moving the cursor to the window edge.

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Description

Terminal: Windows Terminal (https://github.com/microsoft/terminal)

Intended behaviour:
Should select just like pretty much every standard GUI app textbox with multiple lines.

Where you can use scroll as you select to move the selection up or down, as if you're already dragging at the edges, but without having to drag the cursor to the edge.

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