"copyOnSelect": false has confusing behavior when people use right click to CLEAR (nor COPY) selection? #4249

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opened 2026-01-30 23:42:05 +00:00 by claunia · 0 comments
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Originally created by @garth on GitHub (Oct 4, 2019).

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Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.18995.1]
Windows Terminal version (if applicable): 0.5.2681.0

Steps to reproduce

set copyOnSelect to false

Expected behavior

  1. select text
  2. remove selection
  3. clipboard remains unchanged

Actual behavior

  1. select text
  2. remove selection
  3. clipboard is overwritten with previously selected text
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Reference: starred/terminal#4249