microsoft / microsoft/vscode

Markdown previews do not support path drag-and-drop

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Description

Type: Feature Request

When I open a markdown preview for a markdown document, I am unable to drag the open tab into the terminal for file path insertion, it requires that I use the real markdown tab only to accomplish this.

VS Code version: Code 1.134.0 (110a328ea54b42367b803ec53ee0bf52ef26b419, 2026-08-18T18:24:44Z)
OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.26200
Modes:

System Info

|Item|Value|
|---|---|
|CPUs|Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4770 CPU @ 3.40GHz (8 x 3392)|
|GPU Status|2d_canvas: enabled
GPU0: VENDOR= 0x10de, DEVICE=0x2584 [NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050], DRIVER_VENDOR=NVIDIA, DRIVER_VERSION=32.0.15.9186 *ACTIVE*
GPU1: VENDOR= 0x1414, DEVICE=0x008c [Microsoft Basic Render Driver], DRIVER_VERSION=10.0.26100.8972
Machine model name:
Machine model version:
direct_rendering_display_compositor: disabled_off_ok
gpu_compositing: enabled
multiple_raster_threads: enabled_on
opengl: enabled_on
rasterization: enabled
raw_draw: disabled_off_ok
skia_graphite: disabled_off
trees_in_viz: disabled_off
video_decode: enabled
video_encode: enabled
webgl: enabled
webgpu: enabled
webnn: disabled_off|
|Load (avg)|undefined|
|Memory (System)|15.94GB (8.18GB free)|
|Process Argv|--crash-reporter-id 239341f1-83c5-4568-a1f1-2289ecf3764a|
|Screen Reader|no|
|VM|0%|
Extensions (11)

Name|Identifier|Author|Version
---|---|---|---
Claude Code for VS Code|anthropic.claude-code|Anthropic|2.1.236
Prettier - Code formatter|esbenp.prettier-vscode|esbenp|12.4.0
Remote - SSH|ms-vscode-remote.remote-ssh|ms-vscode-remote|0.124.0
Remote - SSH: Editing Configuration Files|ms-vscode-remote.remote-ssh-edit|ms-vscode-remote|0.87.0
WSL|ms-vscode-remote.remote-wsl|ms-vscode-remote|0.104.3
CMake Tools|ms-vscode.cmake-tools|ms-vscode|1.23.52
C/C++ DevTools|ms-vscode.cpp-devtools|ms-vscode|0.5.14
C/C++|ms-vscode.cpptools|ms-vscode|1.33.8
C/C++ Extension Pack|ms-vscode.cpptools-extension-pack|ms-vscode|1.5.1
Remote Explorer|ms-vscode.remote-explorer|ms-vscode|0.5.0
TODO Highlight|wayou.vscode-todo-highlight|wayou|1.0.5

A/B Experiments

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```

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