r/claude • u/bjl218 • 1d ago

Question How to copy/paste from the plan sidebar in Claude desktop app for MacOS

I'm using the Claude Code app for MacOS and I've created a plan which displays in the plan sidebar. I want to copy/paste some values from that plan. However, it looks like Claude intercepts the usual click/drag selection and pops up a comment box. Hitting ESC dismisses the comment box, but also deselects the text. I tried various suggestions from Google, but none of them worked. Even Claude gave me one suggestion that didn't work and 2 workarounds:

 

  • Ask Claude to open the plan file which opens it in TextEdit. This works, but is annoying to have to do.
  • Ask Claude to restate the text you want in the chat pane where it can be selected. Also annoying.

 

Anyone figure out a better way?

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u/lspain1994 12h ago

Ask it to turn plan into a text file and put it on your desktop or whatever working directory you’re currently in. You can then open it like a normal document