Add macOptionSelectionMode option (#3406)

Two possible value: 
* `'vertical'` (Default): enable column selection when Option key is hold
* `'force'`: force selection regardless of whether the terminal is in mouse events mode

app/config/config-default.js

@@ -123,7 +123,12 @@ module.exports = {
 
     // if `true` (without backticks and without quotes), on right click selected text will be copied or pasted if no
     // selection is present (`true` by default on Windows and disables the context menu feature)
-    // quickEdit: true,
+    quickEdit: false,
+
+    // choose either `'vertical'`, if you want the column mode when Option key is hold during selection (Default)
+    // or `'force'`, if you want to force selection regardless of whether the terminal is in mouse events mode
+    // (inside tmux or vim with mouse mode enabled for example).
+    macOptionSelectionMode: 'vertical',
 
     // URL to custom bell
     // bellSoundURL: 'http://example.com/bell.mp3',

lib/components/term-group.js

@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ class TermGroup_ extends React.PureComponent {
       selectionColor: this.props.selectionColor,
       quickEdit: this.props.quickEdit,
       webGLRenderer: this.props.webGLRenderer,
+      macOptionSelectionMode: this.props.macOptionSelectionMode,
       uid
     });
 

lib/components/term.js

@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ const getTermOptions = props => {
     lineHeight: props.lineHeight,
     letterSpacing: props.letterSpacing,
     allowTransparency: needTransparency,
+    macOptionClickForcesSelection: props.macOptionSelectionMode === 'force',
     // HACK: Terminal.setOption breaks if we don't apply these in this order
     // TODO: The above notice can be removed once this is addressed:
     // https://github.com/xtermjs/xterm.js/pull/1790#issuecomment-450000121

lib/components/terms.js

@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ export default class Terms extends React.Component {
             onContextMenu: this.props.onContextMenu,
             quickEdit: this.props.quickEdit,
             webGLRenderer: this.props.webGLRenderer,
+            macOptionSelectionMode: this.props.macOptionSelectionMode,
             parentProps: this.props
           });
 

lib/containers/terms.js

@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@ const TermsContainer = connect(
       copyOnSelect: state.ui.copyOnSelect,
       modifierKeys: state.ui.modifierKeys,
       quickEdit: state.ui.quickEdit,
-      webGLRenderer: state.ui.webGLRenderer
+      webGLRenderer: state.ui.webGLRenderer,
+      macOptionSelectionMode: state.ui.macOptionSelectionMode
     };
   },
   dispatch => {

lib/reducers/ui.js

@@ -97,7 +97,8 @@ const initial = Immutable({
   showHamburgerMenu: '',
   showWindowControls: '',
   quickEdit: false,
-  webGLRenderer: true
+  webGLRenderer: true,
+  macOptionSelectionMode: 'vertical'
 });
 
 const currentWindow = remote.getCurrentWindow();
@@ -242,6 +243,10 @@ const reducer = (state = initial, action) => {
               ret.webGLRenderer = config.webGLRenderer;
             }
 
+            if (config.macOptionSelectionMode) {
+              ret.macOptionSelectionMode = config.macOptionSelectionMode;
+            }
+
             ret._lastUpdate = now;
 
             return ret;

package.json

@@ -11,10 +11,8 @@
     "test:unit": "ava test/unit",
     "test:unit:watch": "yarn run test:unit -- --watch",
     "prepush": "yarn test",
-    "postinstall":
-      "electron-builder install-app-deps && yarn run rebuild-node-pty",
-    "rebuild-node-pty":
-      "electron-rebuild -f -w app/node_modules/node-pty -m app",
+    "postinstall": "electron-builder install-app-deps && yarn run rebuild-node-pty",
+    "rebuild-node-pty": "electron-rebuild -f -w app/node_modules/node-pty -m app",
     "dist":
       "yarn run build && cross-env BABEL_ENV=production babel --out-file app/renderer/bundle.js --no-comments --minified app/renderer/bundle.js && build",
     "clean":
@@ -64,7 +62,7 @@
     },
     "overrides": [
       {
-        "files": "app/config/config-default.js",
+        "files": ["app/config/config-default.js", ".hyper.js"],
         "rules": {
           "prettier/prettier": [
             "error",