[BUG] Opened `.md` in formatted view: text is selectable but "copy" only copies the file/path, not the selection

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Activity 0 comments · opened Sep 28, 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?

In the Claude desktop app, when a session .md file is opened from chat (Claude Code) and shown in formatted (rendered) view, copy operations are overridden — they copy the file or its path instead of the selected text. You can select text in the view, but copying it does nothing useful. Against standard Windows UI behavior, selectable text is not copyable.

This is not same as https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/95261

Nor is it it bug 62699, which is about text being uncopiable in the session chat.

What Should Happen?

The selected text is copied to the clipboard (standard Windows behavior).

Error Messages/Logs

None

Steps to Reproduce

  1. In the Claude desktop app, open a session .md file from chat (Claude Code).
  2. Leave it in formatted/rendered view mode.
  3. Select some text in the rendered document.
  4. Copy (Ctrl+C or right-click → Copy).

Claude Model

Not sure / Multiple models

Is this a regression?

I don't know

Last Working Version

_No response_

Claude Code Version

Claude 2.9939.2 (d3e504) 2026-09-24T17:20:35.000Z

Platform

Other

Operating System

Windows

Terminal/Shell

Other

Additional Information

Not platform and terminal are your windows app. Why is that omitted?

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