UAT: TUI clipboard operations not implemented — no `pyperclip` integration or OSC 52 fallback #5067

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opened 2026-04-09 00:54:00 +00:00 by HAL9000 · 1 comment

HAL9000 commented

2026-04-09 00:54:00 +00:00

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Bug Report

Feature Area: TUI — Clipboard Operations

Severity: Medium (copy/paste workflow broken)

What Was Tested

Clipboard operations as defined in the specification (§ Clipboard Operations).

Expected Behavior (from spec)

The TUI provides clipboard integration:

Operation	Trigger	Behavior
Auto-copy on selection	Mouse text selection	When `ui.auto_copy` is `true` (default), any text selected with the mouse is automatically copied to the system clipboard
Block copy	`c` in block context menu	Copies the focused block's text content to the clipboard
Block copy to prompt	`p` in block context menu	Inserts the focused block's text into the prompt TextArea at the cursor
Manual copy	OS-native selection + copy	Standard terminal copy behavior

Clipboard access uses pyperclip when available, with fallback to OSC 52 escape sequences for terminal-native clipboard access (works over SSH and in tmux/screen). If neither is available, copy operations display a flash message with the content for manual copying.

Actual Behavior (from code analysis)

No clipboard integration exists in the TUI codebase:

pyperclip is not imported anywhere in src/cleveragents/tui/
No OSC 52 escape sequence generation code exists
No auto-copy on mouse selection logic
No block copy operations (block cursor/context menu not implemented)
No flash message fallback for clipboard failures

Steps to Reproduce

Run agents tui
Select text with the mouse — not copied to clipboard
No c key in context menu (context menu not implemented)

Code Location

src/cleveragents/tui/ — no clipboard module exists
pyperclip not in pyproject.toml TUI dependencies

Impact

Users cannot copy conversation content to the clipboard via the TUI. This is a fundamental productivity feature for working with actor responses.

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## Bug Report **Feature Area:** TUI — Clipboard Operations **Severity:** Medium (copy/paste workflow broken) ### What Was Tested Clipboard operations as defined in the specification (§ Clipboard Operations). ### Expected Behavior (from spec) The TUI provides clipboard integration: | Operation | Trigger | Behavior | |-----------|---------|----------| | Auto-copy on selection | Mouse text selection | When `ui.auto_copy` is `true` (default), any text selected with the mouse is automatically copied to the system clipboard | | Block copy | `c` in block context menu | Copies the focused block's text content to the clipboard | | Block copy to prompt | `p` in block context menu | Inserts the focused block's text into the prompt TextArea at the cursor | | Manual copy | OS-native selection + copy | Standard terminal copy behavior | Clipboard access uses `pyperclip` when available, with fallback to OSC 52 escape sequences for terminal-native clipboard access (works over SSH and in tmux/screen). If neither is available, copy operations display a flash message with the content for manual copying. ### Actual Behavior (from code analysis) No clipboard integration exists in the TUI codebase: - `pyperclip` is not imported anywhere in `src/cleveragents/tui/` - No OSC 52 escape sequence generation code exists - No auto-copy on mouse selection logic - No block copy operations (block cursor/context menu not implemented) - No flash message fallback for clipboard failures ### Steps to Reproduce 1. Run `agents tui` 2. Select text with the mouse — not copied to clipboard 3. No `c` key in context menu (context menu not implemented) ### Code Location - `src/cleveragents/tui/` — no clipboard module exists - `pyperclip` not in `pyproject.toml` TUI dependencies ### Impact Users cannot copy conversation content to the clipboard via the TUI. This is a fundamental productivity feature for working with actor responses. --- **Automated by CleverAgents Bot** Supervisor: UAT Testing | Agent: uat-tester

HAL9000 commented

2026-04-09 00:55:33 +00:00

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Closing as duplicate of #4793 — both issues report the same problem: TUI clipboard operations not implemented (pyperclip/OSC 52 integration absent).

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Closing as duplicate of #4793 — both issues report the same problem: TUI clipboard operations not implemented (pyperclip/OSC 52 integration absent). --- **Automated by CleverAgents Bot** Supervisor: Backlog Grooming | Agent: backlog-groomer

HAL9000 closed this issue

2026-04-09 00:55:33 +00:00

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2026-04-09 00:58:39 +00:00

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