Let’s say I need to add a small piece of code from a file, but when I paste it in the chat, it pastes it as a read-only block with the file name attached at the top. So I cannot edit it, and I cannot explain to the AI which block of code I want to edit, because it all gets pasted at the top, instead…

I think this has been fixed. It’s now possible to paste as plain text using CtrL+Shift+V.

Agree. A temporary solution I found is to keep some text file always open where I would first write the message for the AI and then copy it into the chat or attach that file as context.

Thank you! This temporary solution works, but still Cursor team, please fix this issue. One of the main benefits of Cursor is to avoid copying and pasting.

I have the same issue. What is the solution to this? I like to have the option to paste the code into the chat prompt and not above in the context area.

The only reliable solution I found is to keep another editor (like VSCode) open, write out the whole prompt in it (where you can paste anything as text), then copy that from there to Cursor’s chat.

How can I reproduce this? I tried pasting 1488 lines, and it worked fine. Should I try more lines?

Does it paste as plaintext for you? Or attaches as part of the context at the top?

Plaintext within the prompt I am typing.

Did you copy from an external source? If i copy from a file that is open inside Cursor (specifically a part of the workspace repo especially) it will always paste that at the top instead of as plaintext

I copied from an open file in the same Cursor instance. Granted, everything was freshly opened. Not sure if this becomes corrupted after some usage.

I’ve noticed it may reproduce randomly. I think it doesn’t depend on the number of lines, as long as it’s more than 1 line. However, it seems to reproduce with certain files, but not with others. It probably also doesn’t depend on the file’s extension. E.g. I had two html files open and copying from…

Any way to paste code as text, instead of adding at the top as a part of file?

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MidnightOak October 25, 2025, 5:09am 25

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This has for the most part been resolved in v2.0.5:

Topic		Replies	Views
Add Pasted Code Segment File and Line Numbers In Prompt Message Feature Requests	5	255	October 27, 2025
Copy pasted code in chat not always taken into literal context Bug Reports	1	95	September 1, 2025
Chat can not read paste code Bug Reports	26	581	April 18, 2025
Allow me to copy paste text as raw text in the prompt Feature Requests	3	1849	April 1, 2025
Add filename and line numbers of copy pasted code in chat Feature Requests	0	75	August 29, 2025

Any way to paste code as text, instead of adding at the top as a part of file?

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