Feature request: add "Copy selection" to right-click menu
Open 💬 7 comments Opened May 22, 2026 by navigatorpnw
The right-click context menu on assistant messages in the desktop app currently offers:
- Copy message — copies the entire message, not the selection
- Copy as Markdown — same, entire message
- Attach selection as context — attaches the selection (different action)
- Pin as chapter — unrelated to copying
There's no way to copy just the highlighted portion of a message. Standard browser/OS behavior would copy the selection on right-click → Copy, and that option is missing here.
Request: Add a "Copy selection" option to the right-click menu that copies only the highlighted text to the clipboard. Ideally it should appear at the top of the menu when a selection exists.
Environment:
- Claude Code (desktop app)
- Windows 11
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