DECSET ?1000 / ?1006 — Mouse tracking

Byte forms

Every common string-literal form so you can paste-and-search either direction.

Description

Mouse reporting modes are stackable on/off DEC private modes. `?1000` reports button press+release, `?1002` adds drag events while a button is held, `?1003` reports every motion. The encoding sub-modes are `?1005` (UTF-8, deprecated), `?1015` (urxvt), and `?1006` (SGR — recommended, no 223-column limit, ASCII-safe). Enable `?1006` alongside `?1000`/`?1002` for portable handling. Disable everything with `?1000l ?1002l ?1003l ?1006l` on exit — a forgotten enable will spam your shell with `^[[<…` strings.

Spec citation: xterm-ctlseqs (Mouse Tracking)

Examples

printf '\033[?1000h\033[?1006h'  # enable click+SGR\nprintf '\033[?1000l\033[?1006l'  # disable

import sys; sys.stdout.write('\x1b[?1000h\x1b[?1006h')

fmt.Print("\x1b[?1000h\x1b[?1006h")

process.stdout.write('\x1b[?1000h\x1b[?1006h')

printf("\x1b[?1000h\x1b[?1006h");

Terminal support

xterm

yes

Linux console (fbcon)

partial

macOS Terminal.app

yes

iTerm2

yes

Windows Terminal

yes

cmd.exe / ConPTY

partial

kitty

yes

alacritty

yes

WezTerm

yes

Ghostty

yes

GNOME Terminal

yes

Konsole

yes

tmux

no

GNU screen

no

Related sequences

• DECSET ?2004 — Bracketed paste mode
• DECSET 1049 — Alternate screen buffer
• DECSET ?1004 — Focus in/out events

In the family cookbook

↗DEC cookbook · 5. Mouse tracking — `?1000` + `?1006`