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src/runner/Runner.tsx

@@ -276,11 +276,14 @@ export function openRunner(props: RunnerProps, placeholders?: Array<Result>): As
     props.height ??= 420;
 
     let clickTimeout: GLib.Source|undefined;
+    let lastMouseX: number|null = null;
+    let lastMouseY: number|null = null;
+    let lastKeyboardNavTime: number = 0;
 
     if(!instance)
         instance = Windows.getDefault().createWindowForFocusedMonitor((mon, root) => 
-            <PopupWindow namespace={"runner"} monitor={mon} widthRequest={props.width} 
-              heightRequest={props.height} exclusivity={Astal.Exclusivity.IGNORE} halign={Gtk.Align.CENTER}
+            <PopupWindow namespace={"runner"} monitor={mon} widthRequest={props.width}
+              exclusivity={Astal.Exclusivity.IGNORE} halign={Gtk.Align.CENTER}
               marginTop={(AstalHyprland.get_default().get_monitor(mon)?.height / 2) - (props.height! / 2)}
               valign={Gtk.Align.START} hexpand orientation={Gtk.Orientation.VERTICAL}
               $={() => {
@@ -302,12 +305,14 @@ export function openRunner(props: RunnerProps, placeholders?: Array<Result>): As
                         case Gdk.KEY_Up:
                             selectPreviousItem(listbox);
                             gtkEntry?.grab_focus();
+                            lastKeyboardNavTime = Date.now();
                             return;
 
                         case Gdk.KEY_Right:
                         case Gdk.KEY_Down:
                             selectNextItem(listbox);
                             gtkEntry?.grab_focus();
+                            lastKeyboardNavTime = Date.now();
                             return;
                     }
 
@@ -374,6 +379,36 @@ export function openRunner(props: RunnerProps, placeholders?: Array<Result>): As
                               child.closeOnClick && 
                                   Runner.close();
                           }
+                      }} $={(self) => {
+                          // Hover-based selection: only triggers when the mouse actually moves
+                          const motion = Gtk.EventControllerMotion.new();
+                          self.add_controller(motion);
+
+                          motion.connect("motion", (_controller, x, y) => {
+                              const now = Date.now();
+
+                              // While user is actively navigating with keyboard,
+                              // don't let hover steal selection
+                              if(lastKeyboardNavTime && now - lastKeyboardNavTime < 200)
+                                  return;
+
+                              // First motion: just record pointer position, don't change selection
+                              if(lastMouseX === null && lastMouseY === null) {
+                                  lastMouseX = x;
+                                  lastMouseY = y;
+                                  return;
+                              }
+
+                              // Ignore synthetic events that don't actually move the pointer
+                              if(x === lastMouseX && y === lastMouseY)
+                                  return;
+
+                              lastMouseX = x;
+                              lastMouseY = y;
+
+                              const row = self.get_row_at_y(y);
+                              row && self.select_row(row as Gtk.ListBoxRow);
+                          });
                       }}
                     />
                 </Gtk.ScrolledWindow>