Cannot paste text into Codex CLI in VS Code integrated terminal on macOS

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• #13729
• #13580
• #13040

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I investigated this issue and prepared a fix in my fork, but I cannot open a PR to openai/codex because PR creation is currently restricted to collaborators.

Root cause

On macOS + VS Code integrated terminal, Cmd+V may be delivered as a SUPER+V key event without a normal Paste event, so pasted text never reaches the Codex composer.

Fix

• Detect SUPER+V (Cmd+V) in TUI key handling.
• Limit fallback to macOS + VS Code terminal only.
• On that key event, read clipboard text directly and pass it to existing handle_paste(...).

Scope / non-goals

• This change is only for text paste fallback (Cmd+V) on macOS VS Code terminal.
• It does not change copy behavior (Cmd+C) in this patch.

Validation

• Added key-detection tests for SUPER+V.
• cargo test -p codex-tui passed locally.

Patch

• Branch: codex/fix-vscode-macos-super-v-paste-fallback
• Commit: 5be7f8a59b8db74e64bc6174ff18ed642acad6bf
• Commit URL: https://github.com/yugook/codex/commit/5be7f8a59b8db74e64bc6174ff18ed642acad6bf

If maintainers want to take it, you can cherry-pick:

git fetch https://github.com/yugook/codex.git codex/fix-vscode-macos-super-v-paste-fallback
git cherry-pick 5be7f8a59b8db74e64bc6174ff18ed642acad6bf

I have a similar issue, where Ctrl+Shift+C (copy text) is recognized as Ctrl+C (terminate), and Ctrl+Shift+V (paste text) is recognized as Ctrl+V (paste image).

Version: codex-cli 0.111.0
Terminal: VS Code integrated terminal
OS: Linux (WSL)

I have a similar issue, where Ctrl+Shift+C (copy text) is recognized as Ctrl+C (terminate), and Ctrl+Shift+V (paste text) is recognized as Ctrl+V (paste image). Version: codex-cli 0.111.0 Terminal: VS Code integrated terminal OS: Linux (WSL)

Workaround: launch codex inside tmux.

I found that right-click copy/paste works for me in the VS Code integrated terminal, but Cmd+V still does not paste into the Codex composer.

Possibly related: microsoft/vscode#299515, though the symptom is not identical.

Changed a setting in vscode to and had to disable preferences

"editor.pasteAs.preferences": [
"text.plain"

]

just a temp workaround until it's resolved

Im using Codex extension openai.chatgpt in VSCode.
Im not using codex CLI.
Windows 11.

(am i in the wrong post?)

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Workaround: I changed to use this in keybindings.json

  {
    "key": "ctrl+v",
    "command": "editor.action.clipboardPasteAction",
    "when": "activeAuxiliary == 'workbench.view.extension.codexSecondaryViewContainer' && !(filesExplorerFocus && foldersViewVisible && !explorerResourceReadonly && !inputFocus)"
  },

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misc thinking process info:

• right click the input text box shows the paste hotkey is shift+insert
• search what the ctrl+v is doing in hotkey setting.
• try to assign ctrl+v to paste. then it works.
• but the file explorer paste is now conflicting.
• also the default global ctrl+v is conflicting. I removed it.
• try to use Developer: Inspect Context Keys to find the when expression.
• try to use when expression from the explorer ctrl+v.
• etc

Hi @Norlandz — thanks for sharing the workaround. I think this may be a separate issue, since this thread is about Codex CLI on macOS + VS Code integrated terminal, while your case seems to involve the VS Code extension on Windows. Opening a separate issue might make it easier for maintainers to triage, and your workaround would be easier for others to find there too.