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@jongalloway jongalloway commented Jun 3, 2026

Add image paste hotkey as per github/copilot-cli#476 (comment)

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Closes: #44578

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Adds image paste keyboard shortcut (Alt-V)

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Pull request overview

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Copilot was unable to run its full agentic suite in this review.

Adds a new keyboard shortcut to the Copilot CLI command reference to document pasting images from the clipboard as attachments.

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  • Documented a new shortcut (Alt+V) for pasting images from the clipboard as an attachment.
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content/copilot/reference/copilot-cli-reference/cli-command-reference.md Updates the keyboard shortcut table to include image-paste behavior.

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  • Files reviewed: 1/1 changed files
  • Comments generated: 1

| <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>Enter</kbd> or <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>Q</kbd> | Queue a message to send while the agent is busy. |
| <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>R</kbd> | Reverse search through command history. |
| <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>V</kbd> | Paste from clipboard as an attachment. |
| <kbd>Alt</kbd>+<kbd>V</kbd> | Paste image from clipboard as an attachment. |
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