No way to select or copy text, either in the input field or from the output messages

Opencode run in Ghostty
MacOS 15.5

There does not seem to be any way to select or copy text, both for the input field as well as for the output messages.

This issue might be a duplicate of existing issues. Please check:

First column of text not copied #1886: First column of text not copied - specifically mentions inability to select text visually and copying issues
Text selection highlight for copying messages is not cleared when clicking and releasing without dragging #1992: Text selection highlight for copying messages issues (closed) - related to text selection problems in terminal environments
bug: opencode kills ghostty clipborad on copy from opencode #1771: Ghostty clipboard issues when copying from opencode - specifically mentions problems with text selection and copying in Ghostty
[bug] ghostty/arch | moving the mouse over the terminal content highlights it as if you're click-dragging #2037: Ghostty mouse highlighting issues - describes problems with text selection behavior in Ghostty specifically

Feel free to ignore if none of these address your specific case.

@JeongJuhyeon

@JeongJuhyeon does this not work for you?

Screen.Recording.2025-08-20.at.8.57.14.AM.mov

@rekram1-node

@rekram1-node
It does, though with limitations:

What if the part to copy spans longer than the height of the terminal
As mentioned, this doesn't work for the input field

WSL2 user here, only input selection not working. Output selection works fine.

Oh yeah the text select only applies for msgs rn

Known limitation, gotcha. Thanks for the quick update!

It appears that "copy on selection" doesn't work on default Gnome terminal in Pop!_OS. After selection is released, the popup is shown: "Copied to clipboard", but the actual clipboard then doesn't have the new data.

I've introduced two PRs to address some of the concerns mentioned here. Feedback is welcome!

#2160 #2158

It appears that "copy on selection" doesn't work on default Gnome terminal in Pop!_OS. After selection is released, the popup is shown: "Copied to clipboard", but the actual clipboard then doesn't have the new data.

It isn't working on debian 13 in terminator for me.
Can we get an option to turn off the highlight to copy?
It seems to be causing a lot of issues for something that is really not necessary.

I am in the process of trying to migrate my workflows from claude code to opencode and the copy/paste behavior with input and output messages is still a big limitation for me.

@dburkland

@dburkland opencode is being migrated to a new tui library: opentui, once this is done I think the text copying issues should be resolved

@dburkland opencode is being migrated to a new tui library: opentui, once this is done I think the text copying issues should be resolved

Fantastic, thanks!

Same issue on Konsole->tmux (my actual terminal is Konsole, but I have to use opencode thru tmux because it's broken in konsole per here). When I select text I do see the "Copied to clipboard" message, but nothing is actually copied. Have found no workaround / no way to copy text, which is a critical blocker to moving over from ClaudeCode (I ultimately found myself having to dig through the raw JSON message files to get something into the clipboard)

this should be better addressed soon but in meantime you could use /export (ik not ideal)

Here's a one-liner to grab the path to the tempfile that /export pops into $EDITOR:

# run `/export` in opencode then grab another shell:
fd --changed-within 1m conver /private/var/folders
-> /private/var/folders/gk/0l8cgrfj6ws3c2dhq7rxxyq00000gn/T/conversation-2002301606.md

uses fd (from here)

I use this command, which assumes I've only done this once in the past minute, and opens the file in Zed (on macos):
fd --changed-within 1m conver /private/var/folders |xargs open -a zed

Weirdly I have even set copy-on-selection in Alacritty, but opencode somehow eats it, evading the selection to enter the clipboard. Also fails on WSL terminal when running in byobu.

The 'select text' interaction is inconsistent - sometimes works, sometimes doesn't in the latest opencode release.

The 'select text' interaction is inconsistent - sometimes works, sometimes doesn't in the latest opencode release.

I've experienced the same thing frequently

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