Improvements / v2.1.280
[VSCode] Strip invisible characters from prompts
CHANGELOG · original
[VSCode] Improved prompt handling in the chat box: invisible Unicode formatting and tag characters are removed from pasted text with a notice, and from anything else before it is sent Open official changelog ↗ Documentation
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Paste text
Text you paste stays visible in the prompt box, rather than collapsing to a placeholder as it does in the terminal. In sessions where Claude Code marks pasted text, Claude still sees a large paste as text you pasted rather than typed.
Claude Code also removes invisible Unicode characters from text you paste into the prompt box and from anything else you send:
- If a notice such as
Removed 3 invisible characters from the pasted textappears when you paste, the text went in without those characters. - If a notice about removed characters appears when you send, nothing was sent. The cleaned text is back in the prompt box. Send again to send the text as shown.
Documentation snapshot · 2026-09-23