[BUG] VS Code extension: Context menu appears automatically when selecting text in chat input or find boxes
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Activity 0 comments · opened Sep 23, 2026
Steps to reproduce:
- Click into the Claude Code chat input and type some text
- Tap the field using touchscreen
- Press Ctrl+A to select all
- The context menu appears automatically and unprompted.
Expected: Text gets selected; the menu only appears on an actual right-click (or long-press on touch).
Actual: The full context menu (Cut/Copy/Paste + 3 Claude Code options) pops up immediately as soon as a selection exists — identical to what appears on an intentional right-click.
Where it happens:
- The Claude Code chat input field
- The Find/search box in the chat panel
- The Find/search box in the Monaco code editor
Where it does NOT happen: other VS Code UI, or any other Windows application.
Notes:
- Reproducible with keyboard only (Ctrl+A after using touch screen to interact with field), which rules out this being standard Chromium touch long-press behavior — it looks like the extension's webview is auto-dispatching/showing its context menu on any selection-change event, rather than only in response to an actual right-click/long-press pointer event.
- Also reproducible via touchscreen: tapping the field pops the menu whenever a selection is present or being created, even with a very light/quick tap.
Environment:
- VS Code extension (Claude Code)
- Windows 11 Pro 10.0.26220
- Touchscreen laptop