Pasting multiline text into terminal chat pastes it in the terminal window instead #23429

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opened 2026-01-31 08:41:56 +00:00 by claunia · 2 comments
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Originally created by @asklar on GitHub (Jul 10, 2025).

Windows Terminal version

1.24.1901.0

Windows build number

10.0.27891.0

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Steps to reproduce

paste multiline text into terminal chat
get the warning dialog, assume it means it's going to paste into terminal chat, but instead it pastes into the actual terminal window

Expected Behavior

focus is in terminal chat so it should paste into terminal chat

Actual Behavior

terminal window receives the input instead of

Originally created by @asklar on GitHub (Jul 10, 2025). ### Windows Terminal version 1.24.1901.0 ### Windows build number 10.0.27891.0 ### Other Software _No response_ ### Steps to reproduce paste multiline text into terminal chat get the warning dialog, assume it means it's going to paste into terminal chat, but instead it pastes into the actual terminal window ### Expected Behavior focus is in terminal chat so it should paste into terminal chat ### Actual Behavior terminal window receives the input instead of
claunia added the Issue-BugResolution-Duplicate labels 2026-01-31 08:41:57 +00:00
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@DHowett commented on GitHub (Jul 16, 2025):

Thanks! @PankajBhojwani is working on an input refactoring right now1 that may help. This is a /duplicate of #16589.


  1. we made a mistake very early on building on tunneled key events, which has taken quite some time for us to tease apart again. ↩︎

@DHowett commented on GitHub (Jul 16, 2025): Thanks! @PankajBhojwani is working on an input refactoring right now[^1] that may help. This is a /duplicate of #16589. [^1]: we made a mistake very early on building on _tunneled key events_, which has taken quite some time for us to tease apart again.
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@microsoft-github-policy-service[bot] commented on GitHub (Jul 16, 2025):

Hi! We've identified this issue as a duplicate of another one that already exists on this Issue Tracker. This specific instance is being closed in favor of tracking the concern over on the referenced thread. Thanks for your report!

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Reference: starred/terminal#23429