Opening URLs in the TUI now requires modifier+click (since 2.1.181) — single-click was better; please make it configurable

What changed

The 2.1.181 changelog:

Changed fullscreen mode URL opening to require Cmd+click (macOS) / Ctrl+click, matching native terminal behavior

Before this, a plain single-click on a URL in the Claude Code TUI opened it. Now it requires a modifier+click.

Why this is worse

Claude Code already enables xterm mouse tracking (since ~2.1.150), so the TUI owns the mouse — single-click to open URLs was convenient and unambiguous there.

Worse, in terminals that use Shift to release mouse capture (e.g. Ghostty, mouse-shift-capture=false), the practical gesture is now Cmd+Shift+click: Shift to hand the mouse back to the terminal, then Cmd to open. Plain Cmd+click alone does not open the link. I also see Ctrl+click and Option+click work, which is inconsistent.

Environment

• Claude Code 2.1.185 (native install)
• Ghostty 1.3.1, macOS

Repro

1. Print a URL in the TUI output.
2. Single-click the URL → nothing happens.
3. Cmd+click alone → does not open (in Ghostty).
4. Cmd+Shift+click / Ctrl+click / Option+click → opens.

Request

Restore single-click to open URLs in the TUI, or add a setting to choose the URL-open gesture (single-click vs modifier+click). Since CC owns the mouse in TUI mode, single-click open is unambiguous and was the better default.

Related: #61936, #66056, #43942, #23581, #27995.