Copying wrapped lines includes line breaks instead of joining them

[ivan-vilches]

When copying text from the terminal in Ghostty, wrapped lines are copied with the line break instead of being joined into a single line.

For example, if the terminal window is narrow and the command wraps like this:

sudo npm install
express

When I select the full text (sudo npm install express) and copy it, the clipboard content becomes:

sudo npm install
express

Instead of:

sudo npm install express

In other words, the wrapped line break is preserved in the copied text, even though it is only a visual wrap caused by the terminal width.

Is there a way for Ghostty to copy wrapped lines as a single line (similar to how some terminals treat soft-wrapped lines)?

[rhodes-b]

I don't think there is as ghostty isn't aware at all that text may have been broken onto another line if a program is the one handling the splitting. All it knows is some program said put this character here.

I don't think im seeing this behavior though anyways could you show a video perhaps?

I tested this on 1.2.3 and main, I also tested if the output of a command wrapped if it didnt work and it will worked just fine, along with bash and fish

output.mp4

[mitchellh]

If Ghostty wraps the text, it copies the wrapped text. If the shell wraps the text, we do not because we don't know its wrapped.

[tiagosalema]

I suppose that would be the case for Claude Code, for example?
Any linebreaks inside Claude Code will be copied with those linebreaks.

Screen.Recording.2026-03-12.at.13.24.42.mov

[rhodes-b]

ghostty is not wrapping the text in that case claude code is