Unable to parse command: drag_select

[mbigras]

I looked in my sublime-text console and keep seeing this error message whenever I bring focus to sublime

Unable to parse command: drag_select {"additive": true, "event": {"button": 1, "x": nan.0, "y": nan.0}}

From reading this post it sounds like drag_select is a very internal concept:

How does drag_select work?

If I click, drag_select gets called only once. If I click and hold, then move the mouse around to select a bunch of text, drag_select still only gets called once, yet it somehow continues to work—modifying my selection as I drag—after it returns. Does drag_select itself just start some handler that reads the mouse state directly? Is there any way I can check the state of the mouse myself, or otherwise capture mouse-down and mouse-up? Additionally, drag_select translates screen x and screen y in…

I’m not having any problems with sublime but I am wondering what the error is.

This is my setup

$ subl --version
Sublime Text Build 3211
$ sw_vers
ProductName:	Mac OS X
ProductVersion:	10.15.4
BuildVersion:	19E266

[bschaaf]

That looks like it’s coming from a plugin. Have you tried reverting to a freshly installed state?

[mbigras]

Thank you for the idea. I did try this to no avail. I also don’t think it’s a plugin issue because I use sublime text with no plugins (it’s one of the reasons I love sublime so much, I have no need for plugins).

I think the issue is with my window manager which is yabai:

koekeishiya/yabai

It enables focus follows mouse. When I stop yabai the error goes away. However I grepped around in the yabai code base and didn’t find any functions called: drag_select.

I’m not sure how to probe deeper and am happy to try any suggestions.

[mbigras]

I’ve also mentioned this issue on the yabai issues at:

Issue: Focus follows mouse in autofocus mode interacting with Sublime Text window