Agent chat: clipboard image paste (Ctrl+V / context menu) does not work; drag-and-drop file works

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Describe the Bug

Environment: Windows 10 (build: __), Cursor version .. (from Help → About)
Steps: Open Agent, focus the chat input.
Expected: Pasting an image from the clipboard (e.g. Snipping Tool, browser) via Ctrl+V or right-click → Paste should attach/show the image like other clients.
Actual:
Plain text paste with Ctrl+V works.
Image from clipboard: Ctrl+V does nothing (silent failure); right-click → Paste also has no effect.
Drag-and-drop a local image file (png/jpg) into the input works.
Already tried: Reinstall Cursor, new chat, different image sources; issue persists.

Steps to Reproduce

Open Agent, focus the chat input.
Expected: Pasting an image from the clipboard (e.g. Snipping Tool, browser) via Ctrl+V or right-click → Paste should attach/show the image like other clients.

Operating System

Windows 10/11

Version Information

Version: 3.0.12 (user setup)
VSCode Version: 1.105.1
Commit: a80ff7dfcaa45d7750f6e30be457261379c29b00
Date: 2026-04-04T00:13:18.452Z
Layout: editor
Build Type: Stable
Release Track: Default
Electron: 39.8.1
Chromium: 142.0.7444.265
Node.js: 22.22.1
V8: 14.2.231.22-electron.0
OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.19045

Does this stop you from using Cursor

Sometimes - I can sometimes use Cursor

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Hey, thanks for the detailed report. This is a known issue with clipboard image paste on Windows. Pasting images from the clipboard via Ctrl+V doesn’t work, even though drag-and-drop works fine. We’ve seen similar reports already:

For now, the workaround is drag-and-drop, which you already found. I’ve passed this to the team, and your report will help us prioritize it.

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It also isn’t working on MacOS. I’ve tried both Cmd+V and Ctrl+V and nothing happens.

I’m on version 2026.03.30-a5d3e17 of the CLI

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Okay, so my issue was that Office Viewer had linked Ctrl+V to its own office.markdown.paste function in Markdown. After removing that shortcut, the default paste function—including pasting images—started working normally again.

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My problem is that Office Viewer has incorporated the Ctrl+V shortcut from Markdown into its own office.markdown.paste. After disabling this set of shortcuts, the default paste function (including images) was restored.

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