Fixes #234791.

How to reproduce

1. Have one open terminal (as default)
2. Click on the button with the terminal name
3. Click on "Change color..." and choose any color from the modal
4. Click on the button with the terminal name
5. Click on either "Rename...", "Split terminal", "Kill terminal"
6. Expect the buttons to not work

Diagnosis

The problem happens when you pick a color in the modal mentioned above. As soon as you click a color, the modal briefly grabs focus before closing and applying your choice.

The issue boils down to this focus change. The QuickInputTree widget fires an onDidFocus event, which listService catches and uses to set _lastFocusedWidget.

But since the modal closes right away, _lastFocusedWidget ends up pointing to a list that’s no longer visible. Later, in terminalActions.ts, the getSelectedInstances function mistakenly thinks the colors from that list are selected terminals. So when terminalService.getInstanceFromIndex(selection) runs, it tries to use a color object as if it were a numeric index, causing the bug.

Solution

To fix this, I added a listener for the onDidBlur event on the widget. This works as the opposite of onDidFocus—it resets _lastFocusedWidget to undefined when the widget loses focus, like when you pick a color and the modal closes.

This makes sure that lists that aren’t actually focused don’t get treated as such by listService. With this change, getSelectedInstances now works as expected, solving the issue.

Before and after

Let me know if additional testing or adjustments are needed!