Fix timeout of @ select-window not canceling the visual select

kitty/boss.py

@@ -816,9 +816,11 @@ class Boss:
             if matched_action is not None:
                 self.dispatch_action(matched_action)
 
-    def visual_window_select_action(self, tab: Tab, callback: Callable[[Optional[Tab], Optional[Window]], None], choose_msg: str) -> None:
+    def cancel_current_visual_select(self) -> None:
         if self.visual_window_select_active_in_tab_id:
             self.visual_window_select_action_trigger(self.visual_window_select_active_in_tab_id)
+
+    def visual_window_select_action(self, tab: Tab, callback: Callable[[Optional[Tab], Optional[Window]], None], choose_msg: str) -> None:
         self.visual_window_select_callback = callback
         if tab.current_layout.only_active_window_visible:
             self.select_window_in_tab_using_overlay(tab, choose_msg)

kitty/rc/base.py

@@ -217,6 +217,9 @@ class RemoteCommand:
     def response_from_kitty(self, boss: 'Boss', window: Optional['Window'], payload_get: PayloadGetType) -> ResponseType:
         raise NotImplementedError()
 
+    def cancel_async_request(self, boss: 'Boss', window: Optional['Window'], payload_get: PayloadGetType) -> None:
+        pass
+
 
 def cli_params_for(command: RemoteCommand) -> Tuple[Callable[[], str], str, str, str]:
     return (command.options_spec or '\n').format, command.argspec, command.desc, f'{appname} @ {command.name}'

kitty/rc/select_window.py

@@ -57,5 +57,8 @@ instead of the active tab.
                 break
         return no_response
 
+    def cancel_async_request(self, boss: 'Boss', window: Optional['Window'], payload_get: PayloadGetType) -> None:
+        boss.cancel_current_visual_select()
+
 
 select_window = SelectWindow()

kitty/remote_control.py

@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ def handle_cmd(boss: BossType, window: Optional[WindowType], serialized_cmd: str
     if async_id:
         if 'cancel_async' in cmd:
             active_async_requests.pop(async_id, None)
+            c.cancel_async_request(boss, window, PayloadGetter(c, payload))
             return None
         active_async_requests[async_id] = monotonic()
         payload['async_id'] = async_id