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
- Start a tmux session
- Run
claudeinside a tmux pane - Drag an image file from Finder onto the CLI input area
- macOS shows the green circle with "+" indicating a valid drop target
- Expected:
[Image 1]appears in the input area - 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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