From 7c9943959e87abd23fc2dc24e194c4ded0bbbc7c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Brennan Benson <79079362+brennanb2025@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2026 21:05:06 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Prevent accidental tab drags when clicking (#6210)

---
 .../tab-group/useTabDragSplit.test.ts           | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 .../src/components/tab-group/useTabDragSplit.ts | 10 +++++++++-
 2 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/tab-group/useTabDragSplit.test.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/tab-group/useTabDragSplit.test.ts
index 6a1efe52481..453096115b0 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/tab-group/useTabDragSplit.test.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/tab-group/useTabDragSplit.test.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ import type { TabDragItemData } from './useTabDragSplit'
 import {
   canDropTabForPaneColumnSplit,
   canDropTabIntoPaneBody,
+  getTabDragActivationDistance,
+  TAB_DRAG_ACTIVATION_DISTANCE_PX,
   useTabDragSplit
 } from './useTabDragSplit'
 
@@ -177,6 +179,21 @@ afterEach(() => {
   vi.clearAllMocks()
 })
 
+describe('tab drag activation distance', () => {
+  it('uses the named threshold for enabled tab drags', () => {
+    expect(TAB_DRAG_ACTIVATION_DISTANCE_PX).toBe(12)
+    expect(getTabDragActivationDistance(true)).toBe(TAB_DRAG_ACTIVATION_DISTANCE_PX)
+  })
+
+  it('keeps enabled tab drags above the old overly-sensitive distance', () => {
+    expect(TAB_DRAG_ACTIVATION_DISTANCE_PX).toBeGreaterThan(5)
+  })
+
+  it('uses an impossible activation distance when tab dragging is disabled', () => {
+    expect(getTabDragActivationDistance(false)).toBe(Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER)
+  })
+})
+
 describe('canDropTabIntoPaneBody', () => {
   it('rejects pane-body drops that would split a single tab onto itself', () => {
     expect(
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/tab-group/useTabDragSplit.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/tab-group/useTabDragSplit.ts
index 83d6b598163..8515942da7f 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/tab-group/useTabDragSplit.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/tab-group/useTabDragSplit.ts
@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@ export type { HoveredTabInsertion }
 
 export type TabDropZone = 'center' | TabSplitDirection
 
+// Why: tab activation waits for pointerup, so dnd-kit needs enough movement
+// tolerance to avoid treating ordinary click jitter as an intentional drag.
+export const TAB_DRAG_ACTIVATION_DISTANCE_PX = 12
+
 export type TabDragItemData = {
   kind: 'tab'
   worktreeId: string
@@ -145,6 +149,10 @@ export function getTabPaneBodyDroppableId(groupId: string): UniqueIdentifier {
   return `tab-group-pane-body:${groupId}`
 }
 
+export function getTabDragActivationDistance(enabled: boolean): number {
+  return enabled ? TAB_DRAG_ACTIVATION_DISTANCE_PX : Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER
+}
+
 export function useTabDragSplit({
   worktreeId,
   enabled = true
@@ -187,7 +195,7 @@ export function useTabDragSplit({
   // the sensors array into a useEffect dependency list — changing its
   // length between renders violates React's rules of hooks.
   const pointerSensor = useSensor(PointerSensor, {
-    activationConstraint: { distance: enabled ? 5 : Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER }
+    activationConstraint: { distance: getTabDragActivationDistance(enabled) }
   })
   const sensors = useSensors(pointerSensor)