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Cannot paste full file paths after copying file from file explorer on Linux #170708

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@roha4975
Robert Hakulin (roha4975)
opened on Jan 6, 2023

Does this issue occur when all extensions are disabled?: Yes

  • VS Code Version: 1.74.2
  • OS Version: Linux x64 4.15.0-74-generic

I've had the same problem as issue #146770 which has been locked and still does not seem to have a fix at least for Linux. I cannot paste full file paths of files that are copied from the file explorer when several months ago I was able to. Only the file name is pasted rather than the full file path.

Steps to Reproduce:

  1. Copy file or folder from Linux filer explorer
  2. Paste into VS terminal or file open in VS code

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  1. VS Code Bot (vscodenpa)
    assigned
    Logan Ramos (lramos15)
    on Jan 6, 2023

  3. lramos15 commented on Feb 6, 2023

    @lramos15
    Logan Ramos (lramos15)
    on Feb 6, 2023
    Member

    cc Alexandru Dima (@alexdima) / Matt Bierner (@mjbvz) This seems to still be partially broken for linux despite #146770. Any suggestions?

  4. Logan Ramos (lramos15)
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    on Feb 6, 2023
  5. Logan Ramos (lramos15)
    assigned
    Alexandru Dima (alexdima)
    and unassigned
    Logan Ramos (lramos15)
    on Feb 6, 2023

  6. chazo1994 commented on Feb 17, 2023

    @chazo1994
    chazo1994
    on Feb 17, 2023

    I have same issue on Linux.

  7. Alexandru Dima (alexdima)
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  8. dangerousMoron commented on Feb 23, 2023

    @dangerousMoron
    dangerousMoron
    on Feb 23, 2023

    I am also having this issue, absolute paths are not copied when copying from Dolphin on KDE.

  9. roha4975 commented on Mar 9, 2023

    @roha4975
    Robert Hakulin (roha4975)
    on Mar 9, 2023
    Author

    Alexandru Dima (@alexdima) any news on a fix for this?

  10. bearpaw commented on Apr 14, 2023

    @bearpaw
    Wei Yang (bearpaw)
    on Apr 14, 2023

    Same issue here.

  11. ingo-m commented on Nov 6, 2023

    @ingo-m
    Ingo Marquardt (ingo-m)
    on Nov 6, 2023

    This problem has gotten more strange.

    Previously, when I copied a file (CTRL + C), e.g. /home/john/Downloads/example.txt, only the filename was paste (CTRL + V) in vscode (whereas in other editors, the full path would be paste as expected).

    Now, when I do CTRL + C on the file /home/john/Downloads/example.txt and paste it with CTRL + V in vscode, it pastes this string: ../../../Downloads/example.txt 🤯

    I'm using Ubuntu 22.04, this is my vscode version:

    Version: 1.83.1
Commit: f1b07bd25dfad64b0167beb15359ae573aecd2cc
Date: 2023-10-10T23:45:31.402Z
Electron: 25.8.4
ElectronBuildId: 24154031
Chromium: 114.0.5735.289
Node.js: 18.15.0
V8: 11.4.183.29-electron.0
OS: Linux x64 6.2.0-35-generic

  12. pankajthekush commented on Mar 14, 2024

    @pankajthekush
    pankajthekush
    on Mar 14, 2024

    It happening with me on Ubuntu 20.04 vscode:

    Version: 1.87.0
    Commit: 019f4d1
    Date: 2024-02-27T23:42:16.599Z
    Electron: 27.3.2
    ElectronBuildId: 26836302
    Chromium: 118.0.5993.159
    Node.js: 18.17.1
    V8: 11.8.172.18-electron.0
    OS: Linux x64 5.15.0-97-generic

  13. ingo-m commented on Mar 14, 2024

    @ingo-m
    Ingo Marquardt (ingo-m)
    on Mar 14, 2024

    The issue persists for me too.

    When I copy-paste a file path into vscode, e.g. /home/my_name/example.txt, the value that appears in vscode is [text](../../example.txt).

    Version: 1.87.0
Commit: 019f4d1419fbc8219a181fab7892ebccf7ee29a2
Date: 2024-02-27T23:42:16.599Z
Electron: 27.3.2
ElectronBuildId: 26836302
Chromium: 118.0.5993.159
Node.js: 18.17.1
V8: 11.8.172.18-electron.0
OS: Linux x64 6.5.0-21-generic

  14. themightyoarfish commented on Jun 26, 2025

    @themightyoarfish
    Rasmus (themightyoarfish)
    on Jun 26, 2025

    This is an issue on macos as well, very annoying.

  15. Mr-Kaos commented on Sep 13, 2026

    @Mr-Kaos
    Mr Kaos (Mr-Kaos)
    on Sep 13, 2026

    I am also encountering this issue. Copying a file fro the Nemo file browser and pasting it into any other text editor pasted the file path of the file, but in VSCode it simply pastes "/".

    Version: 1.126.0
Commit: 7e7950df89d055b5a378379db9ee14290772148a
Date: 2026-06-23T01:46:13Z
Electron: 42.2.0
ElectronBuildId: 14159160
Chromium: 148.0.7778.97
Node.js: 24.15.0
V8: 14.8.178.14-electron.0
OS: Linux x64 6.8.0-139-generic
  16. Alexandru Dima (alexdima)
    added a commit that references this issue on Oct 19, 2026

    editor: paste the paths of files copied in a file manager (#342695)

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  17. Alexandru Dima (alexdima)
    closed this as completedin #342695on Oct 19, 2026
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  19. vs-code-engineering
    added this to the 1.144.0 milestone on Oct 19, 2026
  20. Wing K.Y (wingwkyuen)
    added a commit that references this issue on Oct 19, 2026

    editor: paste the paths of files copied in a file manager (microsoft#…

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