Interactive question: pressing 'n' to annotate an option drops the selection ("notes only")
What's Wrong?
In an interactive question prompt (the multiple-choice UI the assistant raises), selecting an option and then pressing n to attach a note submits the note but drops the selected option. The assistant receives (no option selected) plus the note text, and the prompt output is labeled (notes only). The choice I actually highlighted — including which preview/option it was — never reaches the model.
What Should Happen?
Pressing n to annotate should attach the note to the selected option, so the model receives both the chosen option label and the note. Adding a note should augment a selection, not replace it.
Steps to Reproduce
- Trigger a multiple-choice question with 2+ options (bonus: with ASCII
previewart). - Highlight one option (e.g. "Bravo").
- Press
nand type a note. - Submit.
- Observe: the result shows
(notes only)/(no option selected)— the highlighted option is absent; only the note is conveyed.
Error Messages/Logs
No error. The tool result reads: <question>=(no option selected) notes: <my note text>.
Claude Model
Opus 4.8 (claude-opus-4-8[1m])
Is this a regression?
Unknown.
Last Working Version
Unknown.
Claude Code Version
2.1.193
Platform
macOS
Operating System
macOS (Darwin 25.5.0)
Terminal/Shell
fish (/opt/homebrew/bin/fish)
Additional Information
Confirmed via a live probe: a 3-option question with distinct ASCII previews was answered by selecting one and pressing n; the model received only (no option selected) + the note and could not determine which option (or preview) was highlighted. Practical impact: any question where a user wants to both pick an option and leave a comment silently loses the pick.
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