Right-click Copy copies the whole message instead of the selection; pasted text retains dark background
Resolved 💬 2 comments Opened May 28, 2026 by Yassi-846 Closed Jun 1, 2026
Description
In the Claude Code desktop app, copying text from an assistant message has two problems:
- Right-click "Copy" ignores the selection and copies the whole message. When I highlight only a portion of text inside a message and use the right-click context menu → Copy, the entire message is copied instead of just the highlighted selection.
- Copied body text carries the dark-theme background color. When pasting the copied text into another app (document, email field, etc.), the dark/black background styling comes along, so the pasted text is hard to read on a light background.
Steps to reproduce
- In a conversation, select (highlight) part of the text inside an assistant message.
- Right-click and choose Copy.
- Paste into another application.
Expected
- Only the highlighted selection is copied.
- Pasted text is plain (or at least does not carry the dark background color).
Actual
- The whole message is copied, not just the selection.
- Pasted text includes the dark/black background styling.
Notes / workaround
Cmd + Con a highlighted selection does copy only the selection, but the right-click context-menu "Copy" still grabs the entire message.- The background-color issue persists with rich-text paste regardless of how the copy is triggered.
Environment
- Claude Code desktop app
- macOS (Darwin 25.4.0)
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