How to copy text? #58

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   added this to NATIVE CLI AI Projecton Jun 2, 2026
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3. madebyaris commented on Jul 12, 2026

   

   madebyaris

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   Thanks for reporting this.

   Today the full-screen TUI enables mouse capture for scroll / click (slash panel, branch chip, question options), which often blocks the terminal’s normal drag-to-select copy on Linux.

   Workarounds right now:

   1. Hold your terminal’s modifier for “pass-through selection” if it has one (e.g. Shift+drag in many terminals, or the equivalent in Kitty/WezTerm/Alacritty).
   2. Use /export to write the session to markdown under .nca/, then copy from that file.
   3. Run nca --no-tui for the line REPL — normal terminal selection works there.

   Proper in-TUI copy (selection + clipboard yank) is a real gap; tracking it as a DX improvement for the TUI rewrite.
4. madebyaris commented on Jul 12, 2026

   

   madebyaris

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   Tracked in the post-TUI-rewrite roadmap spike: will link the parent issue after creation.
5. madebyaris commented on Jul 12, 2026

   

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   Parent roadmap: #59 (P0 — copy/select in TUI).
6. madebyaris commented on Jul 12, 2026

   

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   Implemented on tui-rewrite (Roadmap #59 slice 1)

   Commands-first copy is in:

   • /copy slash command + Ctrl+Shift+C (lowercase/uppercase key forms)
   • crates/tui/src/clipboard.rs via arboard on spawn_blocking
   • TuiSessionState::last_assistant_text() (newest committed assistant, streaming fallback)
   • Explicit success/failure/empty feedback; Shift+drag documented as fallback
   • Ctrl+C cancel behavior unchanged

   Docs: docs/documentation/interactive-mode.md, README shortcuts

   Verification: unit tests for last-assistant selection + registry; cargo test --workspace, clippy -D warnings, release build green.

   Manual smoke still recommended on macOS/Linux clipboard before closing:

   1. Run a turn, /copy → “Copied last assistant response”
   2. Empty transcript → actionable empty-state message
   3. Confirm Ctrl+C still cancels
7. ccfontes commented on Aug 4, 2026

   

   ccfontes

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   nice, i've been using /copy but would it be like, possible to copy text from mouse selection?
   is there reason for this TUI to behave like unselecteable image? hehe
8. ccfontes commented on Aug 4, 2026

   

   ccfontes

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   got it:

   Today the full-screen TUI enables mouse capture for scroll / click (slash panel, branch chip, question options), which often blocks the terminal’s normal drag-to-select copy on Linux.