Desktop app: partial text selection copies entire message instead of highlighted portion
Resolved 💬 4 comments Opened Apr 27, 2026 by danpillay87 Closed May 29, 2026
Environment
- App: Claude Code Desktop
- OS: Windows 11 Pro
Steps to reproduce
- Open any conversation in Claude Code Desktop
- Click and drag to highlight a partial sentence within an assistant message
- Press
Ctrl+C(orCtrl+Shift+C)
Expected
Only the highlighted text is copied to the clipboard.
Actual
The entire message block is copied, regardless of what's highlighted.
Things I tried
Ctrl+C— copies the whole messageCtrl+Shift+C— same behaviour- Shift+drag selection — same behaviour
Impact
Forces switching to claude.ai/code in a browser whenever I need to quote a fragment of a Claude response in another tool. Selection works normally in the web version, so this is specific to the desktop app.
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