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Fixes macOS right and middle mouse drag handling in the CoreGraphics mouse backend.

I encountered an issue while using Sunshine as a macOS host with Moonlight as the client where a normal right-click worked, but holding the right mouse button while moving the mouse did not behave correctly.

The macOS backend tracks mouse button state with index 0 as left, 1 as right, and 2 as middle. However, event_type_for_current_buttons() mapped the right button to kCGEventOtherMouseDragged and the middle button to kCGEventRightMouseDragged.

This change corrects those mappings so that:

  • the right mouse button generates kCGEventRightMouseDragged
  • the middle mouse button generates kCGEventOtherMouseDragged

It also adds selection of the currently held mouse button for relative and absolute mouse movement. Previously these movement events always passed kCGMouseButtonLeft to post_mouse(), even when the right or middle button was being held.

I tested the change using Sunshine on macOS with Moonlight as the client. Before the change, right-click worked but right-click-and-hold with mouse movement did not work correctly.

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ReenigneArcherforce-pushed the fix-macos-right-mouse-drag branch from 486c608 to 3ee1afbCompareAugust 20, 2026 17:57
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@ReenigneArcherReenigneArcher changed the title fix(macos): correct right and middle mouse drag handlingfix(macOS): correct right and middle mouse drag handlingAug 20, 2026
Refactor the two private methods `button_for_current_buttons` and `event_for_current_buttons` into a single free function `macos_mouse_motion`, exposing it via test hooks and adding unit tests for all button-state combinations.
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ReenigneArcher merged commit 15a37d3 into LizardByte:masterAug 20, 2026
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