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In the interactive TUI, it is impossible to copy text from Claude's responses to the clipboard. The issue is specific to Claude's response area — copying works normally for all other terminal content.

Root Cause

In the interactive TUI, it is impossible to copy text from Claude's responses to the clipboard. The issue is specific to Claude's response area — copying works normally for all other terminal content.

Fix Action

Workaround

  • Middle-click paste after selecting
  • Use claude -p "question" in a separate terminal tab for plain copyable output
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Environment

  • Claude Code: 2.1.142
  • OS: Ubuntu 24.04
  • Terminal: GNOME Terminal

Description

In the interactive TUI, it is impossible to copy text from Claude's responses to the clipboard. The issue is specific to Claude's response area — copying works normally for all other terminal content.

Steps to reproduce

  1. Start an interactive session: claude
  2. Send any message and wait for a response
  3. Select text from Claude's response with the mouse
  4. Press Ctrl+Shift+C to copy

Expected behavior

Selected text is copied to the clipboard.

Actual behavior

Clipboard is unchanged (previous clipboard content is retained). Right-click context menu also does not work in the response area.

Additional finding

X11 primary selection works — text selected in the response area can be pasted via middle-click. Only the clipboard copy (Ctrl+Shift+C) is broken, suggesting Claude Code intercepts the shortcut in the response area without copying to clipboard.

Workaround

  • Middle-click paste after selecting
  • Use claude -p "question" in a separate terminal tab for plain copyable output

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Selected text is copied to the clipboard.

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