Вынес проверку «освобождён → клик в окне → recapture_pointer()» из-под debug-гейта в sdl/window.cpp и sdl3/window.cpp — теперь она выполняется всегда, как на Windows.

makefile

@@ -1037,7 +1037,7 @@ else
 OLD_GIT_VERSION := $(shell cat $(GENDIR)/git_desc 2> NUL)
 endif
 ifneq ($(IGNORE_GIT),1)
-NEW_GIT_VERSION := $(shell git describe --dirty)
+NEW_GIT_VERSION := $(shell git describe --dirty --always)
 else
 NEW_GIT_VERSION := unknown
 endif

src/osd/sdl/window.cpp

@@ -281,18 +281,22 @@ void sdl_window_info::update_cursor_state()
 	c=SDL_CreateCursor(data, data, 8, 8, 0, 0);
 	SDL_SetCursor(c);
 #else
-	// do not do mouse capture if the debugger's enabled to avoid
-	// the possibility of losing control
-	if (!(machine().debug_flags & DEBUG_FLAG_OSD_ENABLED))
-	{
 	auto &sdlosd = downcast<sdl_osd_interface&>(machine().osd());
 
-		// if the pointer was freed to the OS, re-capture when the user clicks back in the window
+	// if the pointer was freed to the OS, re-capture when the user clicks back in
+	// the window - do this even with the debugger enabled, otherwise the pointer
+	// (and all input, since polling is suspended while released) gets stuck with no
+	// way to recover: the recapture combo can't re-fire because the keyboard isn't
+	// polled, so the click is the only escape hatch
 	if (sdlosd.pointer_released()
 			&& (SDL_GetMouseFocus() == platform_window())
 			&& (SDL_GetMouseState(nullptr, nullptr) & SDL_BUTTON(SDL_BUTTON_LEFT)))
 		sdlosd.recapture_pointer();
 
+	// do not do mouse capture if the debugger's enabled to avoid
+	// the possibility of losing control
+	if (!(machine().debug_flags & DEBUG_FLAG_OSD_ENABLED))
+	{
 		bool should_hide_mouse = sdlosd.should_hide_mouse();
 
 		if (!fullscreen() && !should_hide_mouse)

src/osd/sdl3/window.cpp

@@ -280,18 +280,22 @@ void sdl_window_info::update_cursor_state()
 	c=SDL_CreateCursor(data, data, 8, 8, 0, 0);
 	SDL_SetCursor(c);
 #else
-	// do not do mouse capture if the debugger's enabled to avoid
-	// the possibility of losing control
-	if (!(machine().debug_flags & DEBUG_FLAG_OSD_ENABLED))
-	{
 	auto &sdlosd = downcast<sdl_osd_interface&>(machine().osd());
 
-		// if the pointer was freed to the OS, re-capture when the user clicks back in the window
+	// if the pointer was freed to the OS, re-capture when the user clicks back in
+	// the window - do this even with the debugger enabled, otherwise the pointer
+	// (and all input, since polling is suspended while released) gets stuck with no
+	// way to recover: the recapture combo can't re-fire because the keyboard isn't
+	// polled, so the click is the only escape hatch
 	if (sdlosd.pointer_released()
 			&& (SDL_GetMouseFocus() == platform_window())
 			&& (SDL_GetMouseState(nullptr, nullptr) & SDL_BUTTON_MASK(SDL_BUTTON_LEFT)))
 		sdlosd.recapture_pointer();
 
+	// do not do mouse capture if the debugger's enabled to avoid
+	// the possibility of losing control
+	if (!(machine().debug_flags & DEBUG_FLAG_OSD_ENABLED))
+	{
 		bool should_hide_mouse = sdlosd.should_hide_mouse();
 
 		if (!fullscreen() && !should_hide_mouse)