[FEATURE]: remove Copy with dragging.

[magic-thomas]

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#2773 was posted 3 months ago.. but it is not being treated .

We don't need automatic Copying with text dragging.. Manual Select / Copy is enough.

I request this stupid function to be removed from opencode.

Everyone might really need to copy text in SSH session.

I wish this dumb Copying function be removed ASAP.

[github-actions]

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

• clipboard copy not works in remote SSH console. #2773: clipboard copy not works in remote SSH console (original issue from 3 months ago that you referenced)
• Copy To Clipboard is not working #4283: Copy To Clipboard is not working
• Can't copy text from opencode through mouse selection in Windows Terminal #5046: Can't copy text from opencode through mouse selection in Windows Terminal
• feat: Copy Mode for OpenCode #2755: feat: Copy Mode for OpenCode
• [Bug] Scrolling with weird text auto copies it to cursor input #2125: Scrolling with weird text auto copies it to cursor input (related to auto-copy behavior)

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

[Raviguntakala]

You can disable this by setting the env value
OPENCODE_EXPERIMENTAL_DISABLE_COPY_ON_SELECT=true

[magic-thomas]

You can disable this by setting the env value OPENCODE_EXPERIMENTAL_DISABLE_COPY_ON_SELECT=true

I put this in .profile export OPENCODE_EXPERIMENTAL_DISABLE_COPY_ON_SELEC=true and run source .profile . And opencode opened again but it failed to disable automatic copy.

Iterm2 - Ubuntu 24.04 remote server..

[Raviguntakala]

You can disable this by setting the env value OPENCODE_EXPERIMENTAL_DISABLE_COPY_ON_SELECT=true

I put this in .profile export OPENCODE_EXPERIMENTAL_DISABLE_COPY_ON_SELEC=true and run source .profile . And opencode opened again but it failed to disable automatic copy.

Iterm2 - Ubuntu 24.04 remote server..

The environment variable has a typo - it's missing the "T" at the end. Should be OPENCODE_EXPERIMENTAL_DISABLE_COPY_ON_SELECT (not SELEC). Fixed it and it works now! 👍

[Raviguntakala]

@rekram1-node I disabled copy on select flag When selecting text, the selection gets cleared, so nothing can be copied.
This seems to come from:

if (Flag.OPENCODE_EXPERIMENTAL_DISABLE_COPY_ON_SELECT) {
  renderer.clearSelection()
  return
}

Even if renderer.clearSelection() is removed, how are we supposed to copy selected content? Ctrl+C is still used for exit, so there doesn’t seem to be a manual copy path.

[rekram1-node]

yup we will fix that

[Raviguntakala]

Cool 👍 I’m happy to work on this if you can share your preferred approach

[rekram1-node]

@kommander do you have a preference on this or is that something you want to take care of?

[kommander]

Not really. I'd just change it to get the selected text on a keybinding trigger and use the available "copy to clipboard" method and implementation. Biggest issue will be keybinding again, as many are overloaded and people will have contradicting expectations for the defaults again.

[Raviguntakala]

Not really. I'd just change it to get the selected text on a keybinding trigger and use the available "copy to clipboard" method and implementation. Biggest issue will be keybinding again, as many are overloaded and people will have contradicting expectations for the defaults again.

I actually started working on this locally and tried a similar approach by removing clearSelection() when the flag is enabled. I also handled Ctrl+C similar to #4900 if there’s selected content, Ctrl+C copies it; otherwise it shows the “Press again to exit” toast, which helps avoid accidental exits. But I don’t think this is the most optimal solution, so I wanted to check your preference before continuing

[rekram1-node]

and is this behavior only present if someone sets the flag?