โ09-08-2025 11:07 PM - edited โ09-08-2025 11:10 PM
How do I copy text from the integrated web terminal? The selection goes away as soon as I lift my finger from the mouse.
2 weeks ago
An update here. I raised a ticket and found out this is because tmux mode is enabled by default in the web terminal. You can disable the tmux mode by adding `export DISABLE_TMUX=true` to the ~/.bashrc of the compute.
When I asked them about the default tmux prefix (generally Ctrl + b), the response was that the prefix is yet to be implemented.
โ09-08-2025 11:24 PM
Hi @tushar_bansal ,
Maybe this is something related to your browser/mouse setup? I've tested it on my environment and it works as expected. Selection does not goes way and I can copy text without issue:
โ09-08-2025 11:32 PM
Thanks @szymon_dybczak, but I don't think I am doing anything special with my browser/mouse setup. I tried using my MacBook's trackpad and the same behaviour there.
Are you using Azure? We are on AWS, could it be related to that?
โ09-08-2025 11:34 PM
Yes @tushar_bansal , you're correct. I'm on Azure. Maybe you're right and this is issue specific to AWS? Maybe someone else will join to discussion with access to AWS instance and check this
2 weeks ago
I am on GCP and confirm this broken behavior. chrome / macos 15.7
2 weeks ago
This does not work for me. MacOS 15.7 on chrome .
2 weeks ago
@StephenBoesch I have posted a solution. That should work for you, too. https://community.databricks.com/t5/data-engineering/copy-text-from-the-integrated-web-terminal/m-p/...
โ09-08-2025 11:29 PM
@tushar_bansal you can try running a command run a command echo "your-text" > file.txt and then open/copy from the editor . it worked for me
โ09-08-2025 11:51 PM
@ManojkMohan, yes, that will work, but it is not ideal. I would like it to work directly from there.
โ09-09-2025 12:11 AM
You were right @tushar_bansal . I've logged in to Free Edition which is on AWS and I encountered the same issue as you. Whenever I select a text it disappear. Also there is an option to copy line (when you click right button of the mouse) but it also doesn't work:
@Advika , could you somehow notify product team about this bug?
โ09-09-2025 12:28 AM
Thanks a lot @szymon_dybczak !!
2 weeks ago
That is a pretty awkward/difficult solution when copy/paste is such a frequently used tool. e.g there is a warning/error message. I'd have to re-run the entire command (piping to output file) to get the text again. Also that does not necessarily reproduce the results in the same way.
โ09-09-2025 01:39 AM
Hi @tushar_bansal
Are you running on MacOS or Windows?
If you're on Windows (I'm sure Mac will have an equivalent), I appreciate its not an ideal workaround, but one option may be to use the snipping tool. This allows you to take a screenshot and grab the text from it:
I think in the meantime this is likely best reported as a bug and fixed, but hopefully this helps you get the info you need while that is being fixed.
โ09-09-2025 01:51 AM
Yes @TheOC, this is what I do as a workaround. In macOS I can directly copy from the screenshot.
โ09-09-2025 02:17 AM
Don't worry, we will submit ticket - we shouldn't use any workarounds here. It should work in the same way as in Azure terminal
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