[BUG] Required tab for thinking but vscode sees tab as change focus

Resolved 💬 5 comments Opened Oct 1, 2025 by liveaffiliates Closed Jan 7, 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?

So you've now made it that we need to press Tab. to enable thinking. For a VS Code, that changes the focus away from the terminal. So then it's not registered, the tab is not registered.

What Should Happen?

I'm not sure if you're trying to save tokens, but What? This is just stupid. Why is this even put in in the first place?

Error Messages/Logs

Steps to Reproduce

Just go in the terminal and it says Press tab to activate thinking. Press Tab and Tab will go off the terminal. and not activate thinking.

Claude Model

None

Is this a regression?

Yes, this worked in a previous version

Last Working Version

_No response_

Claude Code Version

2.0.2

Platform

Anthropic API

Operating System

Windows

Terminal/Shell

VS Code integrated terminal

Additional Information

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