# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop transcript text selection lost on pointer move

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug where moving the pointer over the floating composer surface stole focus and cleared transcript text selections, plus the associated fixes addressing that behaviour.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #113124. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #113124 (and any competing PRs below) before filing. Confirm the merged change covers your symptom.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-113124`. This is distinct from the fix status above. Weigh it yourself.

## How this cluster was grouped

- Link evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.
- Pairwise link density `0.67`: the share of member pairs that carry a link, counting a structural link in full and a relevance-only link at 0.36. `1.00` means every pair is linked.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #112934: \[Bug\]: Desktop — selecting text in the transcript clears it as soon as the pointer moves (floating composer steals focus and the selection)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#113124: fix(desktop): transcript text selection survives pointer movement and focus-follow (#112934, salvage #112940)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/DESIGN.md`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/floating-target-selection-guard.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/floating-target.ts`
- **#112940: fix(desktop): keep transcript selection when pointer moves over a composer surface**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#113124`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #113124 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-17`.