Make shift+left click extend the current selection instead of starting a new selection when the mouse is not grabbed by the TUI application

Matches behavior common to most GUI applications and other terminal
emulators. Can be reverted to previous behavior easily.

See https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/discussions/9608

docs/changelog.rst

@@ -264,6 +264,9 @@ Detailed list of changes
 
 - Cursor trail: Show a cursor trail when switching tabs (:pull:`9588`)
 
+- Make shift+left click extend the current selection instead of starting a new
+  selection when the mouse is not grabbed by the TUI application (:disc:`9608`)
+
 
 0.45.0 [2025-12-24]
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

kitty/options/definition.py

@@ -983,6 +983,14 @@
 '''
     )
 
+mma('Extend the current selection with shift',
+    'extend_selection_shift shift+left press ungrabbed mouse_selection extend',
+    long_text='''
+If you want only the end of the selection to be moved instead of the nearest
+boundary, use :code:`move-end` instead of :code:`extend`.
+'''
+    )
+
 mma('Paste from the primary selection even when grabbed',
     'paste_selection_grabbed shift+middle release ungrabbed,grabbed paste_selection',
     )
@@ -992,7 +1000,7 @@
     )
 
 mma('Start selecting text even when grabbed',
-    'start_simple_selection_grabbed shift+left press ungrabbed,grabbed mouse_selection normal',
+    'start_simple_selection_grabbed shift+left press grabbed mouse_selection normal',
     )
 
 mma('Start selecting text in a rectangle even when grabbed',

kitty/options/types.py

@@ -1090,6 +1090,8 @@ def __setattr__(self, key: str, val: typing.Any) -> typing.Any:
     MouseMapping(mods=6, repeat_count=3, definition='mouse_selection line_from_point'),
     # extend_selection
     MouseMapping(button=1, definition='mouse_selection extend'),
+    # extend_selection_shift
+    MouseMapping(mods=1, definition='mouse_selection extend'),
     # paste_selection_grabbed
     MouseMapping(button=2, mods=1, repeat_count=-1, grabbed=True, definition='paste_selection'),
     # paste_selection_grabbed
@@ -1098,8 +1100,6 @@ def __setattr__(self, key: str, val: typing.Any) -> typing.Any:
     MouseMapping(button=2, mods=1, grabbed=True, definition='discard_event'),
     # start_simple_selection_grabbed
     MouseMapping(mods=1, grabbed=True, definition='mouse_selection normal'),
-    # start_simple_selection_grabbed
-    MouseMapping(mods=1, definition='mouse_selection normal'),
     # start_rectangle_selection_grabbed
     MouseMapping(mods=7, grabbed=True, definition='mouse_selection rectangle'),
     # start_rectangle_selection_grabbed