From 6fdca6bb534018581c611a54f5b85fc0d719c44a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lukas <134181853+bo2themax@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2026 19:33:09 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?macOS:=20enable=20copy=20only=20when=20there?=
 =?UTF-8?q?=E2=80=99s=20actual=20selected=20text?=
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 .../Sources/Ghostty/Surface View/SurfaceView_AppKit.swift | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/macos/Sources/Ghostty/Surface View/SurfaceView_AppKit.swift b/macos/Sources/Ghostty/Surface View/SurfaceView_AppKit.swift
index 66c0de10f..4706e0e1c 100644
--- a/macos/Sources/Ghostty/Surface View/SurfaceView_AppKit.swift	
+++ b/macos/Sources/Ghostty/Surface View/SurfaceView_AppKit.swift	
@@ -2121,6 +2121,14 @@ extension Ghostty.SurfaceView: NSMenuItemValidation {
             item.state = readonly ? .on : .off
             return true
 
+        case #selector(copy(_:)):
+            // We only enable copy menu item when there're actual selected text
+            if let text = self.accessibilitySelectedText(), text.count > 0 {
+                return true
+            } else {
+                return false
+            }
+
         default:
             return true
         }