No possibility to copy in windows terminal which is a blocker #12594

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opened 2026-01-31 03:19:49 +00:00 by claunia · 4 comments
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Originally created by @JeroenDronkers on GitHub (Feb 15, 2021).

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Windows 10

Windows build number: [run `[Environment]::OSVersion` for powershell, or `ver` for cmd]
Windows Terminal version (if applicable):

Any other software?

Steps to reproduce

Try to copy text in WIndows terminal. It is not possible

Expected behavior

The possibility to copy text

Actual behavior

Copy text not possible

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claunia added the Needs-TriageNeeds-Tag-Fix labels 2026-01-31 03:19:50 +00:00
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@trajano commented on GitHub (Feb 15, 2021):

The default key bindings are Ctrl-Shift+C and Ctrl+Shift+V for copy and paste. You can alter it

See my gist for example
https://gist.github.com/trajano/24f4edccd9a997fad8b4de29ea252cc8#file-settings-json-L112-L121

@trajano commented on GitHub (Feb 15, 2021): The default key bindings are Ctrl-Shift+C and Ctrl+Shift+V for copy and paste. You can alter it See my gist for example https://gist.github.com/trajano/24f4edccd9a997fad8b4de29ea252cc8#file-settings-json-L112-L121
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@zakaryan2004 commented on GitHub (Feb 15, 2021):

Right click will also work for both copy AND paste, so you can select a text, right click, select the command line(or whatever input field you have) and right click again, and get the text pasted.

@zakaryan2004 commented on GitHub (Feb 15, 2021): Right click will also work for both copy AND paste, so you can select a text, right click, select the command line(or whatever input field you have) and right click again, and get the text pasted.
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@trajano commented on GitHub (Feb 15, 2021):

@zakaryan2004 thanks for the tip, I didn't know about that feature. I'm used to having right click to paste from CMD days. Though my old habit with CMD terminal which is to press enter for copy which actually made me raise this bug https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/issues/9177

@trajano commented on GitHub (Feb 15, 2021): @zakaryan2004 thanks for the tip, I didn't know about that feature. I'm used to having right click to paste from CMD days. Though my old habit with CMD terminal which is to press `enter` for copy which actually made me raise this bug https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/issues/9177
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@DHowett commented on GitHub (Feb 15, 2021):

Looks like this was answered? Thanks!

@DHowett commented on GitHub (Feb 15, 2021): Looks like this was answered? Thanks!
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Reference: starred/terminal#12594