Not possible to select text from parts of the TUI
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Description
Describe the bug
Recent changes made the tool to behave like a GUI, not a TUI.
Affected version
GitHub Copilot CLI 1.0.72-0.
Steps to reproduce the behavior
Repro Steps:
Call /skills, try to select any text from the interface
Observed Results:
You can't select any text for copy
Expected behavior
Anything on the terminal needs to be selectable for a copy operation, otherwise you can't call yourself a terminal application.
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Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reproducing the issue with GitHub Copilot CLI 1.0.72-0: run /skills and try selecting text in the TUI. Trace the terminal interaction handling to determine why text cannot be selected; done means text from the interface can be selected and copied in the terminal.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- shell
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 48/100