VS Code extension: Cmd+V paste doesn't work in the tab rename field

Resolved 💬 2 comments Opened Jun 18, 2026 by dwkerwin Closed Jun 22, 2026

In the Claude Code VS Code extension, clicking the pencil icon beneath a conversation tab puts it into rename mode and auto-highlights the existing title. With that field focused, Cmd+V does nothing, the clipboard contents never get pasted in. So there's no way to paste a name copied from somewhere else, you have to type it by hand.

Cmd+A is a smaller issue in the same field. Because entering rename mode already selects all the text, you usually don't need it. But if you click into the field to deselect and then press Cmd+A, it doesn't reselect the text either.

Steps to reproduce:

  1. Click the pencil icon beneath a conversation tab to enter rename mode. The existing title gets highlighted.
  2. Copy some text elsewhere, then press Cmd+V to paste it into the field. Nothing happens.
  3. (Secondary) Click into the field to deselect, then press Cmd+A. The text doesn't get selected.

Expected: standard text-field editing, Cmd+V pastes the clipboard contents and Cmd+A selects all the text in the field.

Actual: Cmd+V does nothing, and Cmd+A doesn't select all.

Environment:

  • macOS, VS Code 1.125.0 (arm64), Claude Code extension 2.1.181
  • I only tested this on macOS. I'm assuming Windows and Linux behave the same with Ctrl+V and Ctrl+A, but I haven't confirmed that.

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