[BUG] Alt tabbing loses focus of message input area

Status Open
Reported on v2.1.181
Maintainer reply None cached
Activity 0 comments · opened Jul 24, 2026

Preflight Checklist

  • [x] I have searched existing issues and this hasn't been reported yet
  • [x] This is a single bug report (please file separate reports for different bugs)
  • [x] I am using the latest version of Claude Code

What's Wrong?

Title says it all really. This is happening on the Claude Code for VS Code extension. I want to be able to alt tab, read something relevant, then alt tab back and finish the sentence I was in the middle of writing without having to click into the message input area that was already activated upon alt tab out

What Should Happen?

Title says it all really. This is happening on the Claude Code for VS Code extension. I want to be able to alt tab, read something relevant, then alt tab back and finish the sentence I was in the middle of writing without having to click into the message input area that was already activated upon alt tab out

Error Messages/Logs

Steps to Reproduce

Title says it all really. This is happening on the Claude Code for VS Code extension. I want to be able to alt tab, read something relevant, then alt tab back and finish the sentence I was in the middle of writing without having to click into the message input area that was already activated upon alt tab out

Claude Model

None

Is this a regression?

No, this never worked

Last Working Version

_No response_

Claude Code Version

2.1.181

Platform

Other

Operating System

Windows

Terminal/Shell

Other

Additional Information

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