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Add configuration for whether selection remains or clears on copy #7725

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opened 2026-01-31 01:11:17 +00:00 by claunia · 0 comments
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Originally created by @vadimkantorov on GitHub (Apr 27, 2020).

Originally assigned to: @carlos-zamora on GitHub.

Selection disappears after copy (on latest release):

If I remember well, this is behavior of cmd.exe and is not how Gnome Terminal / wsltty / Notepad / any Windows app works. If you work in multiple tabs and copy things in several rounds. It is quite useful to see what was copied / where selection was previously.

Given that https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/issues/4477 is fixed, it is now trivial to discard selection when one does not want it. So keeping selection even after copy now is practical.

After selection, before copy:
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After copy (Ctrl+Shift+C):
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Now if I switched windows / tabs / did some other clipboard manipulations, I no longer have a way to remember / recall what I already copied last time from this lovely Python disclaimer.

Originally created by @vadimkantorov on GitHub (Apr 27, 2020). Originally assigned to: @carlos-zamora on GitHub. Selection disappears after copy (on latest release): If I remember well, this is behavior of cmd.exe and is not how Gnome Terminal / wsltty / Notepad / any Windows app works. If you work in multiple tabs and copy things in several rounds. It is quite useful to see what was copied / where selection was previously. Given that https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/issues/4477 is fixed, it is now trivial to discard selection when one does not want it. So keeping selection even after copy now is practical. After selection, before copy: ![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/1041752/80354342-e522c100-8876-11ea-8c00-ef579b0a283c.png) After copy (Ctrl+Shift+C): ![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/1041752/80354386-f66bcd80-8876-11ea-9ca6-15bfb8a976a0.png) Now if I switched windows / tabs / did some other clipboard manipulations, I no longer have a way to remember / recall what I already copied last time from this lovely Python disclaimer.
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