[BUG] `Type here to tell Claude what to change` input performs terribly compared to the regular prompt input

Resolved 💬 2 comments Opened Jan 14, 2026 by asgeo1 Closed Feb 27, 2026

Preflight Checklist

  • [x] I have searched existing issues and this hasn't been reported yet
  • [x] This is a single bug report (please file separate reports for different bugs)
  • [x] I am using the latest version of Claude Code

What's Wrong?

Going back in time, the regular prompt input performed quite poorly, once the conversation had gotten quite long, or a lot of work had been done.

You would try to use the prompt, and just typing a single character would cause it to extremely fast scroll the entire window from the start of the conversation.

This seems to not be an issue for me anymore. The regular prompt now just mostly works and I don't have to worry about long conversations.

However, the shorter prompts that occur at the end of planning mode still exhibit this same issue

 Would you like to proceed?

   1. Yes, and auto-accept edits (shift+tab)
   2. Yes, and manually approve edits
 ❯ 3. Type here to tell Claude what to change

 ctrl-g to edit in Nvim · ~/.claude/plans/fluffy-floating-puffin.md

When I get to this point, I just know it's going to be pain :-(

I literally can't even move the cursor up and down or type anything, without the entire window scrolling exessively.

Usually I have to just suffer pressing down-arrow twice, and then I copy and paste I have some questions from the clipboard - just so I can close this buggy prompt and then type freely in the regular prompt!

It's maddening. BUT, since you were able to solve it for the main prompt, I'm hoping you can do the same on this shorter prompt.

FWIW, I think at the end of plan mode you should be able to more easily get to the full prompt. This shorter prompt sucks because it's missing features (can't copy paste images for example). I just want an easy way to get to the regular prompt

I should also mention I'm using Kitty with Tmux.

What Should Happen?

The shorter prompt that appears at the end of planning, should work the same as the regular prompt. No crazy scrolling of the screen, full ability to paste images and stuff like that.

Error Messages/Logs

Steps to Reproduce

  1. Start claude, send multiple prompts, such that you end up with a large history of content that you can scroll in your terminal
  2. Start planning mode
  3. At then end of planning mode, try using the Type here to tell Claude what to change prompt. Excessive scrolling of the screen happens on every single keypress.

Claude Model

Opus

Is this a regression?

No, this never worked

Last Working Version

_No response_

Claude Code Version

2.1.7

Platform

Anthropic API

Operating System

macOS

Terminal/Shell

Other

Additional Information

kitty 0.42.2
tmux 3.5a

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