tui: cannot select/copy text in VS Code integrated terminal #63753

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1. opencodejr commented on Nov 13, 2026

   

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   Thanks for the clear report! In-app mouse selection is meant to work in the TUI, so a drag that never highlights anything is unexpected. A few details would help us work out what's going on:

   1. Has selection ever worked in this setup, or does it stop after some use (for example after a few copies)?
   2. Was a response streaming, or another session working, while you dragged? Does it also fail when everything is idle?
   3. Without your plugin: does it still happen if you temporarily move ~/.config/opencode/plugins/postman.ts out of the plugins folder and restart opencode?
   4. Config: do you have a cli.json with mouse or terminal settings? If so, please paste those settings (the mouse setting turns terminal mouse capture on or off).
   5. Native selection: does Option+drag (with VS Code's terminal.integrated.macOptionClickForcesSelection enabled) or Shift+drag select text?
   6. Other terminals: does the same thing happen in Terminal.app or iTerm2?

   You can reply here with the details, or edit the issue. If you edit it, please also leave a comment saying you've updated it so we know you're done.

   These existing issues are related. They're ordered from most to least likely, and none looks exactly the same yet:

   • Text Copy Issue from VSCODE Terminal Opencode TUI session. #60602: in the VS Code terminal on macOS, selection works at first and then stops highlighting after a few copies
   • tui: mouse drag-selection intermittently fails or sticks partway (macOS, VS Code terminal) #61398: in the VS Code terminal on macOS, drag-selection sometimes highlights nothing or stops partway
   • V2/tui/linux: Impossible to select text with the mouse when another session is working on something #54509: text can't be selected with the mouse while another session is working
   • tui: drag-selection freezes the interface when mouse capture is enabled #51056: drag-selecting with mouse capture on can freeze the TUI
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4. opencodejr commented on Nov 13, 2026

   

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   We haven't heard back, so I'm closing this for now. Mouse selection is meant to work in the TUI, so a drag that never highlights anything points to something in this setup. We couldn't try to reproduce it without a few details: whether selection ever worked or stops after some use, whether a response was streaming during the drag, whether it still happens with the postman.ts plugin disabled, any mouse or terminal settings in your cli.json, whether Option+drag or Shift+drag works, and whether it also happens in Terminal.app or iTerm2.

   In the meantime, #60602, #61398, #54509 and #51056 cover related selection problems, so one of them may match what you're seeing.

   Thanks for the report! If it still happens, reply here with those details and the issue will be reopened.