Mac terminal: text selection for copying intermittently stops working
Status Closed — duplicate
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Activity 3 comments · opened Jun 9, 2026 · closed Jun 13, 2026
Bug Description
Selecting text in the Claude Code terminal on macOS for copying has become unreliable. Text selection frequently fails to register, drops mid-drag, or the selected text doesn't get copied when pressing Cmd+C.
Platform
- OS: macOS
- App: Claude Code (terminal / CLI)
Steps to Reproduce
- Open Claude Code terminal on macOS
- Attempt to click-drag to select text in the terminal output
- Observe that selection often fails to appear, deselects immediately, or Cmd+C does not copy the selected content
Expected Behavior
Text selection and copy (Cmd+C) should work reliably every time.
Actual Behavior
Text selection intermittently fails — the selection highlight may not appear, may vanish immediately after releasing the mouse, or the clipboard doesn't receive the selected text after Cmd+C. This happens frequently.
Frequency
Often / frequently. Appears to be a regression.
Additional Context
This worked reliably before. The behavior seems to have regressed at some point and now fails often enough to be disruptive.
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