Image drag-and-drop broken in tmux (regression)

Resolved 💬 6 comments Opened Apr 19, 2026 by philiplh Closed May 31, 2026

Description

Image drag-and-drop into the Claude Code CLI input area no longer works when running inside tmux. This was previously working.

Environment

  • Claude Code: 2.1.114
  • tmux: 3.6a (Homebrew, macOS)
  • Terminal: Terminal.app
  • macOS: Sequoia (Darwin 25.4.0)
  • Hardware: Mac Studio M2 Ultra

Repro

  1. Start a tmux session
  2. Run claude inside a tmux pane
  3. Drag an image file from Finder onto the CLI input area
  4. macOS shows the green circle with "+" indicating a valid drop target
  5. Expected: [Image 1] appears in the input area
  6. Actual: Nothing happens — the drop is silently ignored

Works in

  • Claude Code running in a direct Terminal.app tab (no tmux) — drag-and-drop works correctly, [Image 1] appears as expected

Notes

  • tmux 3.6a is the latest version (no update available)
  • This was working in a prior CC version inside tmux (exact version unknown)
  • The drop target visual feedback (green +) comes from Terminal.app/macOS, suggesting the terminal accepts the event but CC's input handler doesn't receive the payload through tmux's PTY layer

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