# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Code block text selection fixes on desktop

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and pull requests address problems with selecting text in code blocks on desktop, specifically around the last line being unselectable and interference from a toggle overlay element. The work involves freeing the scrollbar and improving mouse selection behavior in multi-line code blocks.

## 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 #69841. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #69841 (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-69841`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #69168: \[Feature\]: Bug: Multi-line Code Block Last Line Cannot Be Selected via Mouse Click

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#69841: fix(desktop): free code-block scrollbar & last-line selection from the toggle overlay**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/components/chat/expandable-block.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/chat/expandable-block.tsx`
- **#69428: fix(desktop): preserve code block text selection**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#69841`, `#69558`, `#69168`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #69841 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-07-23`.