[FEATURE] Per-message copy button in VSCode extension (parity with desktop/macOS app)
Status Fixed / completed
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Activity 4 comments · opened Jul 15, 2026 · closed Sep 23, 2026
The Claude desktop/macOS app shows a copy button on each message (on hover / bottom-left) to copy that message's content to the clipboard. The VSCode extension does not have per-message copy controls at parity.
Request: Add a copy button to each message (both user and assistant) in the chat thread in the VSCode extension, matching the desktop app.
Details:
- Copy the message's raw markdown (preserving code fences, links, and formatting) rather than rendered/plain text, so pastes into docs/PRs/Slack survive intact.
- Show it per-message (hover or persistent), on both user and assistant messages.
Why: Grabbing a full response, a command, or a code block currently requires manual drag-select, which often mangles multi-line content and gutter spacing. The desktop app already solves this; the VSCode extension should match.
Related: #5512, #65129.
4 Comments
Not EXACTLY what your asking but https://norrin.dev/ is a very cool extension for Claude Code that gives you the ability to see inline diff, accept/ reject per hunk, and track files.
still no progress neither plan to fix it?
The latest update added a copy button for assistant messages! Hurray!
User messages still don't have one, but this is a step in the right direction. Closing this issue for now.
Thank you so much!
On Wed, Sep 23, 2026 at 12:05 PM Bilal Akhtar @.***>
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