fix: mouse passthrough on windows and other oses

electron/ipc/register/sources.ts

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import {
 	resolveLinuxWindowBounds,
 	stopWindowBoundsCapture,
 } from "../cursor/bounds";
+import { reassertHudOverlayMousePassthrough } from "../../windows";
 
 const execFileAsync = promisify(execFile);
 const SOURCE_LIST_CACHE_TTL_MS = 1200;
@@ -487,11 +488,24 @@ body{background:transparent;overflow:hidden;width:100vw;height:100vh}
 				throw loadError
 			}
 
-      setTimeout(() => {
-        if (!highlightWin.isDestroyed()) highlightWin.close()
-      }, 1700)
+			// The highlight window appearing (even with focusable:false) can corrupt
+			// the WS_EX_TRANSPARENT flag on the HUD on Windows 11+, breaking hover
+			// detection until the user moves their mouse over the bar again.
+			// Re-assert passthrough immediately so click-through is restored at once.
+			reassertHudOverlayMousePassthrough();
 
-      return { success: true }
+			const highlightCloseTimer = setTimeout(() => {
+				if (!highlightWin.isDestroyed()) highlightWin.close()
+			}, 1700)
+
+			highlightWin.on("closed", () => {
+				clearTimeout(highlightCloseTimer);
+				// Re-assert once more when the window is actually destroyed so the
+				// native flag is clean regardless of timing.
+				reassertHudOverlayMousePassthrough();
+			});
+
+			return { success: true }
     } catch (error) {
       console.error('Failed to show source highlight:', error)
       return { success: false }

electron/windows.ts

@@ -373,6 +373,7 @@ export function createHudOverlayWindow(): BrowserWindow {
 		skipTaskbar: true,
 		hasShadow: false,
 		show: false,
+		focusable: false,
 		webPreferences: {
 			preload: path.join(electronWindowsDir, "preload.mjs"),
 			nodeIntegration: false,
@@ -513,6 +514,36 @@ export function getHudOverlayWindow(): BrowserWindow | null {
 	return hudOverlayWindow && !hudOverlayWindow.isDestroyed() ? hudOverlayWindow : null;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Re-initialise the HUD overlay's mouse passthrough state.
+ *
+ * On Windows 11+, any new BrowserWindow appearing (even focusable:false ones
+ * like the source highlight overlay) can silently corrupt the
+ * WS_EX_TRANSPARENT flag that backs setIgnoreMouseEvents forwarding.  Call
+ * this after any operation that creates or destroys a sibling window so that
+ * hover detection on the HUD is immediately restored without requiring the
+ * user to move their mouse over the bar.
+ */
+export function reassertHudOverlayMousePassthrough(): void {
+	if (process.platform !== "win32" || !isHudOverlayMousePassthroughSupported()) {
+		return;
+	}
+
+	const hud = getHudOverlayWindow();
+	if (!hud) {
+		return;
+	}
+
+	// Toggle off then back on so the native WS_EX_TRANSPARENT flag is fully
+	// re-initialised rather than merely re-asserted in a potentially broken state.
+	hud.setIgnoreMouseEvents(false);
+	setTimeout(() => {
+		if (!hud.isDestroyed()) {
+			hud.setIgnoreMouseEvents(true, { forward: true });
+		}
+	}, 50);
+}
+
 export function createUpdateToastWindow(): BrowserWindow {
 	const initialBounds = getUpdateToastBounds();
 	const parentWindow =

src/components/launch/hooks/useLaunchHudInteractionState.ts

@@ -11,23 +11,53 @@ export function useLaunchHudInteractionState({
 	isWebcamPreviewDraggingRef: RefObject<boolean>;
 	webcamPreviewDragStartRef: RefObject<unknown>;
 }) {
-	const anyPopoverOpenRef = useRef(false);
 	const isMouseOverHudRef = useRef(false);
 
 	useEffect(() => {
-		anyPopoverOpenRef.current = openId !== null;
 		if (openId !== null) {
 			window.electronAPI?.hudOverlaySetIgnoreMouse?.(false);
 		} else {
 			// Proactively check if we should ignore mouse when popover closes
 			setTimeout(() => {
-				if (!isMouseOverHudRef.current && !anyPopoverOpenRef.current) {
+				if (!isMouseOverHudRef.current) {
 					window.electronAPI?.hudOverlaySetIgnoreMouse?.(true);
 				}
 			}, 150);
 		}
 	}, [openId]);
 
+	useEffect(() => {
+		const handleMouseOver = (e: globalThis.MouseEvent) => {
+			const target = e.target as HTMLElement | null;
+			if (!target) return;
+			const isInteractive = !!target.closest(
+				'.pointer-events-auto, [data-radix-popper-content-wrapper], [class*="menuCard"], [class*="recordingWebcamPreview"]'
+			);
+
+			if (isInteractive) {
+				isMouseOverHudRef.current = true;
+				if (timeoutRef.current) clearTimeout(timeoutRef.current);
+				window.electronAPI?.hudOverlaySetIgnoreMouse?.(false);
+			} else {
+				isMouseOverHudRef.current = false;
+				if (timeoutRef.current) clearTimeout(timeoutRef.current);
+				timeoutRef.current = setTimeout(() => {
+					if (
+						!isHudDraggingRef.current &&
+						!isWebcamPreviewDraggingRef.current &&
+						!webcamPreviewDragStartRef.current &&
+						!isMouseOverHudRef.current
+					) {
+						window.electronAPI?.hudOverlaySetIgnoreMouse?.(true);
+					}
+				}, 300);
+			}
+		};
+
+		window.addEventListener("mouseover", handleMouseOver);
+		return () => window.removeEventListener("mouseover", handleMouseOver);
+	}, [isHudDraggingRef, isWebcamPreviewDraggingRef, webcamPreviewDragStartRef]);
+
 	const beginInteractiveHudAction = useCallback(() => {
 		isMouseOverHudRef.current = true;
 		window.electronAPI?.hudOverlaySetIgnoreMouse?.(false);
@@ -56,11 +86,8 @@ export function useLaunchHudInteractionState({
 				!isHudDraggingRef.current &&
 				!isWebcamPreviewDraggingRef.current &&
 				!webcamPreviewDragStartRef.current &&
-				!isMouseOverHudRef.current &&
-				!anyPopoverOpenRef.current
+				!isMouseOverHudRef.current
 			) {
-				// If a popover is open, we can still ignore mouse if the mouse is truly gone,
-				// but we give a bit more breathing room (the 300ms timeout).
 				window.electronAPI?.hudOverlaySetIgnoreMouse?.(true);
 			}
 		}, 300);

src/components/launch/popovers/LaunchPopoverCoordinator.tsx

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { createContext, useCallback, useContext, useMemo, useState, type ReactNode } from "react";
+import { createContext, useCallback, useContext, useEffect, useMemo, useState, type ReactNode } from "react";
 
 interface LaunchPopoverCoordinatorValue {
 	openId: string | null;
@@ -22,6 +22,12 @@ export function LaunchPopoverCoordinatorProvider({ children }: { children: React
 
 	const isOpen = useCallback((id: string) => openId === id, [openId]);
 
+	useEffect(() => {
+		const handleBlur = () => setOpenId(null);
+		window.addEventListener("blur", handleBlur);
+		return () => window.removeEventListener("blur", handleBlur);
+	}, []);
+
 	const value = useMemo(
 		() => ({
 			openId,