Drag / Copy image files into chat

codex-rs/Cargo.lock

@@ -976,6 +976,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "reqwest",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
+ "shell-words",
  "shlex",
  "strum 0.27.2",
  "strum_macros 0.27.2",
@@ -989,6 +990,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "tui-markdown",
  "unicode-segmentation",
  "unicode-width 0.1.14",
+ "url",
  "uuid",
  "vt100",
 ]
@@ -4397,6 +4399,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "lazy_static",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "shell-words"
+version = "1.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "24188a676b6ae68c3b2cb3a01be17fbf7240ce009799bb56d5b1409051e78fde"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "shlex"
 version = "1.3.0"

codex-rs/tui/Cargo.toml

@@ -34,10 +34,10 @@ codex-common = { path = "../common", features = [
     "sandbox_summary",
 ] }
 codex-core = { path = "../core" }
-codex-protocol = { path = "../protocol" }
 codex-file-search = { path = "../file-search" }
 codex-login = { path = "../login" }
 codex-ollama = { path = "../ollama" }
+codex-protocol = { path = "../protocol" }
 color-eyre = "0.6.3"
 crossterm = { version = "0.28.1", features = ["bracketed-paste"] }
 diffy = "0.4.2"
@@ -46,9 +46,10 @@ image = { version = "^0.25.6", default-features = false, features = [
     "png",
 ] }
 lazy_static = "1"
-once_cell = "1"
 mcp-types = { path = "../mcp-types" }
+once_cell = "1"
 path-clean = "1.0.1"
+rand = "0.9"
 ratatui = { version = "0.29.0", features = [
     "scrolling-regions",
     "unstable-rendered-line-info",
@@ -59,6 +60,7 @@ regex-lite = "0.1"
 reqwest = { version = "0.12", features = ["json"] }
 serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = { version = "1", features = ["preserve_order"] }
+shell-words = "1.1"
 shlex = "1.3.0"
 strum = "0.27.2"
 strum_macros = "0.27.2"
@@ -78,8 +80,8 @@ tui-input = "0.14.0"
 tui-markdown = "0.3.3"
 unicode-segmentation = "1.12.0"
 unicode-width = "0.1"
+url = "2"
 uuid = "1"
-rand = "0.9"
 
 [target.'cfg(unix)'.dependencies]
 libc = "0.2"

codex-rs/tui/src/bottom_pane/chat_composer.rs

@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ use super::file_search_popup::FileSearchPopup;
 
 use crate::app_event::AppEvent;
 use crate::app_event_sender::AppEventSender;
+use crate::bottom_pane::string_utils::get_img_format_label;
+use crate::bottom_pane::string_utils::normalize_pasted_path;
 use crate::bottom_pane::textarea::TextArea;
 use crate::bottom_pane::textarea::TextAreaState;
 use codex_file_search::FileMatch;
@@ -189,6 +191,8 @@ impl ChatComposer {
             let placeholder = format!("[Pasted Content {char_count} chars]");
             self.textarea.insert_element(&placeholder);
             self.pending_pastes.push((placeholder, pasted));
+        } else if self.handle_paste_image_paths(pasted.clone()) {
+            self.textarea.insert_str(" ");
         } else {
             self.textarea.insert_str(&pasted);
         }
@@ -197,6 +201,25 @@ impl ChatComposer {
         true
     }
 
+    pub fn handle_paste_image_paths(&mut self, pasted: String) -> bool {
+        tracing::info!("pasted: {pasted}");
+        let Some(path_buf) = normalize_pasted_path(&pasted) else {
+            return false;
+        };
+
+        match image::image_dimensions(&path_buf) {
+            Ok((w, h)) => {
+                tracing::info!("OK: {pasted}");
+                let format_label = get_img_format_label(path_buf.clone());
+                self.attach_image(path_buf, w, h, &format_label)
+            }
+            Err(err) => {
+                tracing::info!("ERR: {err}");
+                false
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     pub fn attach_image(
         &mut self,
         path: std::path::PathBuf,

codex-rs/tui/src/bottom_pane/mod.rs

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ mod popup_consts;
 mod scroll_state;
 mod selection_popup_common;
 mod status_indicator_view;
+mod string_utils;
 mod textarea;
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]

codex-rs/tui/src/bottom_pane/string_utils.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+
+pub fn normalize_pasted_path(pasted: &str) -> Option<PathBuf> {
+    // file:// URL → filesystem path
+    if let Ok(url) = url::Url::parse(pasted) {
+        if url.scheme() == "file" {
+            return url.to_file_path().ok();
+        }
+    }
+
+    // shell-escaped single path → unescaped
+    if let Ok(mut parts) = shell_words::split(pasted) {
+        if parts.len() == 1 {
+            return Some(PathBuf::from(parts.remove(0)));
+        }
+    }
+
+    // simple quoted path fallback
+    Some(PathBuf::from(pasted.trim_matches('"')))
+}
+
+pub fn get_img_format_label(path: PathBuf) -> String {
+    match path
+        .extension()
+        .and_then(|e| e.to_str())
+        .map(|s| s.to_ascii_lowercase())
+    {
+        Some(ext) if ext == "png" => "PNG",
+        Some(ext) if ext == "jpg" || ext == "jpeg" => "JPEG",
+        _ => "IMG",
+    }
+    .into()
+}