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Clarify Windows image paste shortcut#18376

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Clarify Windows image paste shortcut#18376
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Summary

This updates the TUI guidance around image paste on Windows.

The codebase already supports direct clipboard image paste, but native Windows users were still being told to use Ctrl+V even though Windows terminals often intercept that shortcut before Codex sees it. This change makes the UI point users to the intended Windows shortcut and gives a better fallback message when paste fails.

What Changed

  • show Alt+V for image paste in the footer on native Windows
  • keep Ctrl+Alt+V on WSL and Ctrl+V elsewhere
  • improve the Windows paste failure message to suggest Alt+V before falling back to file paths
  • update the startup tooltip to mention the Windows shortcut caveat

Testing

  • On native Windows, copy an image to the clipboard and confirm the footer/help text shows Alt+V
  • Press Alt+V and confirm the image attaches to the draft
  • Press Ctrl+V in a terminal that intercepts it and confirm the fallback messaging now points users to Alt+V

Closes #17502.

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github-actions Bot commented May 5, 2026

Closing this pull request because it has had no updates for more than 14 days. If you plan to continue working on it, feel free to reopen or open a new PR.

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The CLI cannot directly copy images; you must first convert the image to a file before you can copy it.

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