fix: preserve OSC 22 shapes across modifiers and mode changes

[austinywang]

OSC 22 pointer requests were replaced by mode defaults on modifier keys and mouse-reporting transitions. In cmux ghostty-org#9362, pointer → Cmd+D → focus original pane returned I-beam. The linked micro-editor request also needs explicit text under mouse reporting.

The terminal now stores an optional explicit OSC 22 request and resolves an unspecified default from reporting mode. Modifier and link-exit paths use that resolved base, preserving rectangle/Shift selection overrides. Reporting-mode handlers update flags and emit effective cursor changes without overwriting the explicit request. Full reset clears the request and emits the resolved reset cursor separately. The internal Zig field type changes; the C action ABI is unchanged.

Validated at f2c511a46f2a1ea7e6b34e6a0dff8a9d99941b26 on a leased M4 Pro with Zig 0.16.0:

• Modifier regression: test-only e4aa4ba fails the actual Cmd-pointer assertion (72 pass / 1 fail); fixed modifier run 73/73.
• Reporting-mode regression: test-only adb251c fails its actual state assertion (72 pass / 1 fail); fixed real StreamHandler/App-mailbox run 73/73. Tests check all four modes, explicit pointer/text, emitted default/text messages, absent mode-default messages for explicit requests, and full reset followed by reporting enable.
• Base-resolution run 73/73; inherited clearScreen run 77/77. Counts include dependency tests.
• Universal ReleaseFast GhosttyKit: 297/297 build steps; macOS arm64/x86_64, iOS arm64, iOS simulator arm64. Archive validation passes; SHA-256 92f45e610406c0a16f57dbacdf86d191c5ebe45abd76cd4e43472f6a339e8991.
• Public red/green and build logs. Fork GitHub test aggregation passes, but upstream-only matrix jobs are skipped; the concrete native runs above are the validation evidence.
• CodeRabbit's mode-transition finding is fixed, replied to in 3944371533, acknowledged in 3944372484, and resolved.

Trade-offs: optional state keeps explicit text distinct from a mode default without paired provenance flags. Existing tests that supplied transient displayed cursors now supply the actual terminal base. The branch includes fork-main's existing clearScreen correction, which was tested. No iOS app/device dogfood is claimed; the final native framework still needs the downstream app UI run after the dependency pin changes.

The final archive is retained in HQ artifacts and has not been published. A merge commit preserves this tested SHA and archive; a squash requires rebuilding/pinning its resulting SHA. This core is shared with iOS, so Austin must merge under the standing iOS exception. The parent policy requires the pinned commit to be reachable from fork main. After this dependency lands, cmux manaflow-ai/cmux#9362 can publish/pin the framework, rerun native hover/divider/mouse-reporting UI verification, and build the tagged app.

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The change adds effective mouse-shape resolution, preserves explicit OSC 22 shapes during surface mouse transitions, updates cursor reporting and inspection, and expands tests for mode defaults and temporary overrides.

Changes

Mouse shape resolution

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Effective shape contract src/terminal/Terminal.zig	Terminal.mouse_shape is now optional. effectiveMouseShape() resolves explicit shapes and mouse-mode defaults.
Surface mouse shape behavior src/surface_mouse.zig	Mouse transitions preserve the resolved base shape. Tests cover command keys, rectangle selection, explicit shapes, and mode behavior.
Effective shape consumers src/Surface.zig, src/inspector/widgets/terminal.zig	Cursor reporting and the terminal inspector now use effectiveMouseShape().

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to d60e7

Explicit OSC 22 cursor shapes can still be lost when mouse-reporting modes change, causing applications to display an unintended pointer shape. Resolve mode transitions to preserve the explicit request before merging.

Suggested reviewers: mitchellh, lawrencecchen

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Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: preserving explicit OSC 22 pointer shapes across modifier events and mouse mode changes.

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Inline comments:
In `@src/terminal/Terminal.zig`:
- Around line 88-90: Keep Terminal.mouse_shape reserved for explicit OSC 22
shapes by preventing mode handlers and setMouseShape from storing .default or
.text there. Update effectiveMouseShape to derive those mode defaults whenever
mouse_shape is null, while preserving explicit OSC 22 shapes across mode
transitions.

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