Attach selection as context: option to inline the selected text as a blockquote instead of a collapsed quote icon
What I want
When I attach a selection as context in the desktop app, give me the option to have the actual selected text pasted inline into my message as a blockquote (each block prefixed with >>), instead of a collapsed quotation-mark icon.
Why
Right now each attached selection shows up as a small quotation-mark icon. When I attach several, the icons look identical, so I cannot tell which selection is which without clicking each one to preview it. That is slow and easy to get wrong when I am working with several selections.
If the selected text were pasted inline as a visible blockquote, I could:
- see all my selections at a glance without clicking to preview,
- tell them apart immediately, and
- type my instructions directly below each quoted block, pairing each selection with what I want done to it.
It does the same thing as attach-as-context today (the text still becomes context for Claude), just in a form I can read and annotate.
What I would like to end up with in my message box
>> first selected block of text
my instruction for the block above
>> second selected block of text
my instruction for that one
What would solve it
- An option (a setting, or a toggle on the attach action) to inline attached selections as blockquoted text instead of a collapsed icon.
- Each inlined block editable in the message box, so I can add my own lines between them.
Related
#69895 asks for support for multiple pinned code selections. This request is about how selections are shown once attached: inline and readable, rather than as identical icons I have to click through to tell apart.