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-rw-r--r--alot/defaults/alot.rc.spec5
-rw-r--r--docs/source/configuration/alotrc_table5
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/alot/defaults/alot.rc.spec b/alot/defaults/alot.rc.spec
index a20332ca..ae06890e 100644
--- a/alot/defaults/alot.rc.spec
+++ b/alot/defaults/alot.rc.spec
@@ -36,6 +36,11 @@ themes_dir = string(default=None)
theme = string(default=None)
# enable mouse support - mouse tracking will be handled by urwid
+#
+# .. note:: If this is set to True mouse events are passed from the terminal
+# to urwid/alot. This means that normal text selection in alot will
+# not be possible. Most terminal emulators will still allow you to
+# select text when shift is pressed.
handle_mouse = boolean(default=False)
# headers that get displayed by default
diff --git a/docs/source/configuration/alotrc_table b/docs/source/configuration/alotrc_table
index d45e6a92..a51079d9 100644
--- a/docs/source/configuration/alotrc_table
+++ b/docs/source/configuration/alotrc_table
@@ -295,6 +295,11 @@
enable mouse support - mouse tracking will be handled by urwid
+ .. note:: If this is set to True mouse events are passed from the terminal
+ to urwid/alot. This means that normal text selection in alot will
+ not be possible. Most terminal emulators will still allow you to
+ select text when shift is pressed.
+
:type: boolean
:default: False