> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://tty7.io/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Selection and clipboard

> Smart double-click, copy on select, and the settings around them.

## Selecting

|                          |                                                                                     |
| ------------------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Drag                     | Select a range                                                                      |
| Double-click             | Select the thing under the cursor — see below                                       |
| Triple-click             | Select the line                                                                     |
| <kbd>⇧</kbd>-click       | Extend the current selection to where you clicked                                   |
| <kbd>⌘ A</kbd> *(macOS)* | Select all — also in the right-click menu and the command palette on every platform |

### Smart double-click

A double-click does not just grab a word bounded by spaces. It works out what
you are pointing at:

| Under the cursor   | What you get                                                     |
| ------------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------- |
| A URL              | The whole URL — including one the shell wrapped across two lines |
| A file path        | The whole path                                                   |
| An email address   | The whole address                                                |
| A bracket or quote | The matching pair, and everything between them                   |
| CJK text           | The word, segmented by dictionary rather than by character       |

Turn it off with **Settings → Input → Selection & clipboard → Smart selection**.
With it off, double-click falls back to plain word selection using the
`word_separators` list from `config.json` — by default:

```
,│`|:"' ()[]{}<>⇥
```

## Copying and pasting

|       | macOS          | Windows / Linux                           |
| ----- | -------------- | ----------------------------------------- |
| Copy  | <kbd>⌘ C</kbd> | <kbd>Ctrl ⇧ C</kbd>                       |
| Paste | <kbd>⌘ V</kbd> | <kbd>Ctrl ⇧ V</kbd> · <kbd>⇧ Insert</kbd> |

Two settings shape what lands where, both under **Settings → Input → Selection
& clipboard**:

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Copy on select" icon="clipboard">
    Selecting with the mouse copies immediately, no <kbd>⌘ C</kbd>. Off by
    default.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Trim trailing spaces on copy" icon="scissors">
    Strips trailing whitespace from every copied line — useful when copying out
    of a TUI that pads to the pane width. Off by default.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

<Note>
  Pasting multiple lines sends them as typed input, exactly as any terminal
  does. If the shell supports bracketed paste it will treat the block as one
  paste rather than running each line.
</Note>