diff --git a/src/web/public/terminal-ui.js b/src/web/public/terminal-ui.js
index d44e5dbf..326b818d 100644
--- a/src/web/public/terminal-ui.js
+++ b/src/web/public/terminal-ui.js
@@ -452,6 +452,15 @@ Object.assign(CodemanApp.prototype, {
             }
             if (touch && mouseTrackingOn) {
               this._dispatchSyntheticTerminalClick(touch.clientX, touch.clientY);
+            } else if (touch && this._sessionUsesServerMouseStrip()) {
+              // The server strips mouse-tracking DECSETs from claude/codex/gemini
+              // output (isAltScreenStripMode, session.ts) so the wheel keeps
+              // scrolling scrollback — which leaves THIS xterm permanently at
+              // mouseTrackingMode 'none' even though the TUI on the PTY side has
+              // tracking ON and still understands SGR reports. Encode the report
+              // ourselves and send it straight to the PTY: no DOM click is
+              // dispatched, so xterm's local selection can't trigger either.
+              this._sendSyntheticSgrTap(touch.clientX, touch.clientY);
             }
             this._syncMobileHelperTextareaToCursor();
             // Route subsequent typing to the right place: keep the CJK input
@@ -2073,6 +2082,30 @@ Object.assign(CodemanApp.prototype, {
     }
   },
 
+  // Mirror of the server's isAltScreenStripMode (session.ts): session modes whose
+  // output stream has mouse-tracking DECSET sequences stripped before reaching the
+  // browser. For these, xterm's live mouseTrackingMode is useless as a gate — the
+  // PTY-side TUI keeps tracking enabled, we just never see the enable sequence.
+  _sessionUsesServerMouseStrip() {
+    const mode = this.sessions?.get(this.activeSessionId)?.mode || 'claude';
+    return mode === 'claude' || mode === 'codex' || mode === 'gemini';
+  },
+
+  // Encode a tap as an SGR mouse report (press + release at button 0) and send it
+  // to the PTY directly, bypassing xterm's mouse encoder. Column/row are derived
+  // from the touch point the same way xterm maps a click: offset inside
+  // .xterm-screen divided by the rendered cell size, 1-based, clamped to the grid.
+  _sendSyntheticSgrTap(clientX, clientY) {
+    if (!this.activeSessionId || !this.terminal || !Number.isFinite(clientX) || !Number.isFinite(clientY)) return;
+    const screen = this.terminal.element?.querySelector('.xterm-screen');
+    const cell = this.terminal._core?._renderService?.dimensions?.css?.cell;
+    if (!screen || !cell?.width || !cell?.height) return;
+    const rect = screen.getBoundingClientRect();
+    const col = Math.max(1, Math.min(this.terminal.cols, Math.floor((clientX - rect.left) / cell.width) + 1));
+    const row = Math.max(1, Math.min(this.terminal.rows, Math.floor((clientY - rect.top) / cell.height) + 1));
+    this._sendInputAsync(this.activeSessionId, `\x1b[<0;${col};${row}M\x1b[<0;${col};${row}m`);
+  },
+
   _installMobileTapMouseGuard() {
     const el = this.terminal?.element;
     if (!el || el._codemanTapMouseGuardInstalled) return;
diff --git a/test/terminal-touch-tap.test.ts b/test/terminal-touch-tap.test.ts
index 04121595..c9edf859 100644
--- a/test/terminal-touch-tap.test.ts
+++ b/test/terminal-touch-tap.test.ts
@@ -94,6 +94,56 @@ describe('terminal touch tap mouse guard', () => {
     expect(event.stopImmediatePropagation).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 
+  it('encodes a tap as an SGR press+release when the server strips mouse DECSETs (claude mode)', () => {
+    const { app } = loadTerminalUiHarness();
+    const sent: Array<{ id: string; data: string }> = [];
+    app.activeSessionId = 'sess-1';
+    app.sessions = new Map([['sess-1', { mode: 'claude' }]]);
+    app._sendInputAsync = (id: string, data: string) => sent.push({ id, data });
+    app.terminal = {
+      cols: 80,
+      rows: 24,
+      element: {
+        querySelector: () => ({ getBoundingClientRect: () => ({ left: 10, top: 20 }) }),
+      },
+      _core: { _renderService: { dimensions: { css: { cell: { width: 8, height: 16 } } } } },
+    };
+
+    expect(app._sessionUsesServerMouseStrip()).toBe(true);
+    // touch at x=10+8*20+1, y=20+16*5+1 → col 21, row 6 (1-based)
+    app._sendSyntheticSgrTap(171, 101);
+
+    expect(sent).toEqual([{ id: 'sess-1', data: '\x1b[<0;21;6M\x1b[<0;21;6m' }]);
+  });
+
+  it('clamps SGR tap coordinates to the terminal grid', () => {
+    const { app } = loadTerminalUiHarness();
+    const sent: string[] = [];
+    app.activeSessionId = 'sess-1';
+    app.sessions = new Map([['sess-1', { mode: 'claude' }]]);
+    app._sendInputAsync = (_id: string, data: string) => sent.push(data);
+    app.terminal = {
+      cols: 80,
+      rows: 24,
+      element: {
+        querySelector: () => ({ getBoundingClientRect: () => ({ left: 0, top: 0 }) }),
+      },
+      _core: { _renderService: { dimensions: { css: { cell: { width: 8, height: 16 } } } } },
+    };
+
+    app._sendSyntheticSgrTap(-50, 99999);
+
+    expect(sent).toEqual(['\x1b[<0;1;24M\x1b[<0;1;24m']);
+  });
+
+  it('does not treat shell sessions as server-mouse-strip mode', () => {
+    const { app } = loadTerminalUiHarness();
+    app.activeSessionId = 'sess-1';
+    app.sessions = new Map([['sess-1', { mode: 'shell' }]]);
+
+    expect(app._sessionUsesServerMouseStrip()).toBe(false);
+  });
+
   it('allows trusted mouse events after the tap window expires', () => {
     const { app, setNow } = loadTerminalUiHarness();
     const { element, dispatch } = createElementHarness();