From 4732feb33e939b94eb6502d173af7376642c5fc9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Josh Knapp <shadow@dao-mail.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2026 13:05:10 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Add Ctrl+Shift+C keyboard shortcut for copying terminal text

Ctrl+C in the terminal sends SIGINT which cancels running Claude work.
This adds a custom key handler so Ctrl+Shift+C copies selected text to
the clipboard without interrupting the container.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 app/src/components/terminal/TerminalView.tsx | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)

diff --git a/app/src/components/terminal/TerminalView.tsx b/app/src/components/terminal/TerminalView.tsx
index 22258a7..a4102fc 100644
--- a/app/src/components/terminal/TerminalView.tsx
+++ b/app/src/components/terminal/TerminalView.tsx
@@ -80,6 +80,22 @@ export default function TerminalView({ sessionId, active }: Props) {
 
     term.open(containerRef.current);
 
+    // Ctrl+Shift+C copies selected terminal text to clipboard.
+    // This prevents the keystroke from reaching the container (where
+    // Ctrl+C would send SIGINT and cancel running work).
+    term.attachCustomKeyEventHandler((event) => {
+      if (event.type === "keydown" && event.ctrlKey && event.shiftKey && event.key === "C") {
+        const sel = term.getSelection();
+        if (sel) {
+          navigator.clipboard.writeText(sel).catch((e) =>
+            console.error("Ctrl+Shift+C clipboard write failed:", e),
+          );
+        }
+        return false; // prevent xterm from processing this key
+      }
+      return true;
+    });
+
     // WebGL addon is loaded/disposed dynamically in the active effect
     // to avoid exhausting the browser's limited WebGL context pool.