Resume session menu: Ctrl+V preview conflicts with terminal paste on Windows

Resolved 💬 3 comments Opened Mar 19, 2026 by ElliotDrel Closed Mar 23, 2026

Summary

The resume session menu (claude --resume / /resume) uses Ctrl+V for the "preview" action. On Windows Terminal (and most Windows terminals), Ctrl+V is intercepted by the terminal for paste, making it impossible to use the preview feature. The terminal consumes the keystroke before Claude Code receives it, pasting clipboard contents into the search bar instead.

Steps to Reproduce

  1. On Windows, open Claude Code in Windows Terminal or PowerShell
  2. Run claude --resume or use /resume
  3. Select a session and press Ctrl+V to preview
  4. Clipboard contents are pasted into the search bar instead of previewing

Expected Behavior

Pressing the preview shortcut should preview the selected session.

Current Workaround

The only workaround is remapping the terminal's paste shortcut, which is disruptive to general terminal usage.

Suggested Fix

Either:

  • Make the resume session menu keybindings configurable via keybindings.json (they are currently hardcoded and not part of any customizable context), or
  • Change the default preview shortcut to a key that doesn't conflict with terminal paste on Windows (e.g., Ctrl+P, Ctrl+Enter, or Enter)

Environment

  • OS: Windows 11 Pro
  • Terminal: Windows Terminal / PowerShell
  • Claude Code: latest

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