feat(command-line): copy/clear history + selectable log (#232)

The command-line history dropdown was display-only, so users had to
screenshot and OCR the log to report output. Make it copyable:

- Render the whole backlog in one read-only text_editor so a single
  mouse drag selects across lines and Ctrl+C copies the span.
- Add Copy (whole log to clipboard) and Clear buttons to the dropdown.
- Gate the Ctrl+C/X/V accelerators on event Status::Ignored so a focused
  text widget's copy/cut/paste wins instead of firing COPYCLIP/CUTCLIP;
  the drawing's clipboard shortcuts still work when it has focus.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>

assets/icons/ui/copy.svg

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="#000000" stroke-width="1.8" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><rect x="9" y="9" width="11" height="11" rx="2"/><path d="M5 15 H4 a1 1 0 0 1 -1 -1 V4 a1 1 0 0 1 1 -1 H14 a1 1 0 0 1 1 1 V5"/></svg>

src/app/mod.rs

@@ -194,6 +194,10 @@ pub(super) struct OpenCADStudio {
     ribbon: Ribbon,
     app_menu: AppMenu,
     command_line: CommandLine,
+    /// Read-only editor buffer backing the command-line history dropdown, so
+    /// the log can be drag-selected across lines and copied (issue #232).
+    /// Rebuilt from the history each time the dropdown is opened.
+    history_content: iced::widget::text_editor::Content,
     status_bar: StatusBar,
     cursor_pos: Point,
     vp_size: (f32, f32),
@@ -1176,6 +1180,16 @@ pub enum Message {
     CommandHistoryNext,
     /// Toggle the dropdown listing the full command-line history.
     CommandHistoryToggle,
+    /// Copy the full command-line history (every line) to the system
+    /// clipboard as plain text — issue #232, so output can be pasted for
+    /// debugging instead of screenshotted.
+    CommandHistoryCopy,
+    /// Clear every line from the command-line history.
+    CommandHistoryClear,
+    /// Text-editor action from the read-only history dropdown. Only
+    /// non-editing actions (cursor moves, selection, scroll) are applied so
+    /// the log stays read-only while remaining drag-selectable and copyable.
+    CommandHistoryEdit(iced::widget::text_editor::Action),
     /// User clicked an autocomplete suggestion — fill the input with
     /// the chosen command name and dispatch it.
     CommandSuggestionPick(String),
@@ -1906,6 +1920,7 @@ impl OpenCADStudio {
             ribbon: Ribbon::new(),
             app_menu,
             command_line: CommandLine::new(),
+            history_content: iced::widget::text_editor::Content::new(),
             status_bar: StatusBar::new(),
             cursor_pos: Point::ORIGIN,
             vp_size: (1280.0, 720.0),

src/app/update/mod.rs

@@ -774,6 +774,41 @@ impl OpenCADStudio {
 
             Message::CommandHistoryToggle => {
                 self.command_line.toggle_history();
+                // On open, snapshot the current log into the read-only editor
+                // buffer so it can be drag-selected across lines and copied.
+                if self.command_line.history_open {
+                    use iced::widget::text_editor::{Action, Motion};
+                    self.history_content = iced::widget::text_editor::Content::with_text(
+                        &self.command_line.history_plain_text(),
+                    );
+                    // Scroll to the newest line (bottom), the most useful when
+                    // opening the log to grab a recent error.
+                    self.history_content.perform(Action::Move(Motion::DocumentEnd));
+                }
+                Task::none()
+            }
+
+            Message::CommandHistoryCopy => {
+                let text = self.command_line.history_plain_text();
+                if text.is_empty() {
+                    Task::none()
+                } else {
+                    iced::clipboard::write(text)
+                }
+            }
+
+            Message::CommandHistoryClear => {
+                self.command_line.clear_history();
+                self.history_content = iced::widget::text_editor::Content::new();
+                Task::none()
+            }
+
+            Message::CommandHistoryEdit(action) => {
+                // Read-only: drop edits, keep selection / cursor / scroll so
+                // the user can still highlight and Ctrl+C the log.
+                if !action.is_edit() {
+                    self.history_content.perform(action);
+                }
                 Task::none()
             }
 

src/app/view/mod.rs

@@ -1105,7 +1105,11 @@ impl OpenCADStudio {
                 || self.mtext_editor.as_ref().is_some_and(|e| e.show_preview)
                 || self.text_inline.is_some();
         let command_line_overlay =
-            iced::widget::container(self.command_line.view(allow_autocomplete, dyn_capturing))
+            iced::widget::container(self.command_line.view(
+                allow_autocomplete,
+                dyn_capturing,
+                &self.history_content,
+            ))
                 .width(Fill)
                 .height(Fill)
                 .align_x(iced::alignment::Horizontal::Center)
@@ -1583,9 +1587,21 @@ impl OpenCADStudio {
                                 "z" if !shift => Some(Message::Undo),
                                 "z" if shift => Some(Message::Redo),
                                 "y" => Some(Message::Redo),
-                                "c" => Some(Message::Command("COPYCLIP".to_string())),
+                                // Clipboard accelerators defer to a focused
-                                "x" => Some(Message::Command("CUTCLIP".to_string())),
+                                // text widget: when the command-line history
-                                "v" => Some(Message::PasteShortcut),
+                                // editor (or any text field) captures Ctrl+C/
+                                // X/V it copies/cuts/pastes its own text and
+                                // marks the event Captured, so we must NOT also
+                                // fire the drawing's COPYCLIP/CUTCLIP/paste.
+                                // Only when nothing captured (the drawing has
+                                // focus, status Ignored) do these run. (#232)
+                                "c" if status == Status::Ignored => {
+                                    Some(Message::Command("COPYCLIP".to_string()))
+                                }
+                                "x" if status == Status::Ignored => {
+                                    Some(Message::Command("CUTCLIP".to_string()))
+                                }
+                                "v" if status == Status::Ignored => Some(Message::PasteShortcut),
                                 _ => None,
                             },
                             // Printable glyphs are already handled by the

src/ui/command_line.rs

@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@
 use iced::time::Instant;
 
 use crate::app::Message;
-use iced::widget::{button, column, container, opaque, row, scrollable, text, text_input};
+use iced::widget::{
+    button, column, container, opaque, row, text, text_editor, text_input, Space,
+};
 use iced::{Background, Border, Color, Element, Length, Theme};
 
 pub const CMD_INPUT_ID: &str = "cmd_input";
@@ -224,6 +226,25 @@ impl CommandLine {
         self.history_open = false;
     }
 
+    /// The whole history flattened to plain text, one entry per line, for the
+    /// clipboard-copy button (issue #232). Entries carry no per-line prefix
+    /// beyond what `push_*` already baked into `text` (e.g. "Command: "), so
+    /// the pasted block reads the same as the on-screen log.
+    pub fn history_plain_text(&self) -> String {
+        self.history
+            .iter()
+            .map(|e| e.text.as_str())
+            .collect::<Vec<_>>()
+            .join("\n")
+    }
+
+    /// Drop every history line. The step-prompt mirror is reset too so a
+    /// later step still repins correctly.
+    pub fn clear_history(&mut self) {
+        self.history.clear();
+        self.step_prompt = None;
+    }
+
     /// Move the autocomplete highlight up one entry. Wraps to the last
     /// match. Returns `true` when there was a list to navigate.
     pub fn autocomplete_prev(&mut self) -> bool {
@@ -268,7 +289,12 @@ impl CommandLine {
         ranked_matches(self.input.trim())
     }
 
-    pub fn view(&self, show_autocomplete: bool, dyn_capturing: bool) -> Element<'_, Message> {
+    pub fn view<'a>(
+        &'a self,
+        show_autocomplete: bool,
+        dyn_capturing: bool,
+        history_content: &'a text_editor::Content,
+    ) -> Element<'a, Message> {
         // Only the most recent entries pushed within the last few
         // seconds show on the overlay. The dropdown button keeps the
         // full backlog reachable when the user actually wants it.
@@ -420,30 +446,63 @@ impl CommandLine {
             .spacing(4)
             .align_y(iced::Center);
 
-        // Full backlog dropdown — appears ABOVE the input pill when
+        // Full backlog dropdown — appears ABOVE the input pill when open. The
-        // open. The history `Vec` already contains every line pushed
+        // whole log is rendered in ONE read-only `text_editor` (backed by
-        // since startup; render them all (newest at the bottom) in a
+        // `history_content`) rather than per-line labels, so a single mouse
-        // scrollable. `opaque` wraps the panel so mouse-wheel events
+        // drag selects across lines and Ctrl+C copies the lot — issue #232.
-        // inside the dropdown don't bubble through to the viewport
+        // Edits are dropped in the update handler, keeping it read-only. The
-        // shader behind it (otherwise scrolling the history zoomed
+        // editor scrolls internally past `max_height`; `opaque` stops its
-        // the drawing). `anchor_bottom` keeps the newest line in view
+        // mouse-wheel events bubbling to the viewport shader behind it (else
-        // when the dropdown first opens.
+        // scrolling the history zoomed the drawing).
-        let dropdown: Element<'_, Message> = if self.history_open {
+        let dropdown: Element<'a, Message> = if self.history_open {
-            let mut col = column![].spacing(0).width(Length::Fill);
+            let log = text_editor(history_content)
-            for entry in &self.history {
+                .on_action(Message::CommandHistoryEdit)
-                let color = match entry.kind {
+                .size(11)
-                    EntryKind::Command => CMD_COLOR,
+                .padding([2, 8])
-                    EntryKind::Output => OUT_COLOR,
+                .max_height(180.0)
-                    EntryKind::Error => ERR_COLOR,
+                .style(|_: &Theme, _status| text_editor::Style {
-                    EntryKind::Info => INFO_COLOR,
+                    background: Background::Color(PANEL_BG),
-                };
+                    border: Border::default(),
-                col = col.push(
+                    placeholder: OUT_COLOR,
-                    container(text(&entry.text).size(11).color(color)).padding([1, 8]),
+                    value: CMD_COLOR,
-                );
+                    selection: Color {
-            }
+                        r: 0.20,
-            let panel = container(
+                        g: 0.44,
-                scrollable(col).anchor_bottom().width(Length::Fill),
+                        b: 0.72,
+                        a: 0.5,
+                    },
+                });
+            // Header strip: a Copy-all and a Clear button pinned above the log.
+            let copy_btn = button(
+                row![
+                    crate::ui::icons::tinted(crate::ui::icons::COPY, 11.0, PROMPT_COLOR),
+                    text("Copy").size(11).color(CMD_COLOR),
+                ]
+                .spacing(4)
+                .align_y(iced::Center),
             )
+            .on_press(Message::CommandHistoryCopy)
+            .style(header_btn_style)
+            .padding([2, 6]);
+            let clear_btn = button(
+                row![
+                    crate::ui::icons::tinted(crate::ui::icons::TRASH, 11.0, ERR_COLOR),
+                    text("Clear").size(11).color(CMD_COLOR),
+                ]
+                .spacing(4)
+                .align_y(iced::Center),
+            )
+            .on_press(Message::CommandHistoryClear)
+            .style(header_btn_style)
+            .padding([2, 6]);
+            let header = container(
+                row![Space::new().width(Length::Fill), copy_btn, clear_btn]
+                    .spacing(6)
+                    .align_y(iced::Center),
+            )
+            .width(Length::Fill)
+            .padding([2, 6]);
+            let panel = container(column![header, log])
                 .style(|_: &Theme| container::Style {
                     background: Some(Background::Color(PANEL_BG)),
                     border: Border {
@@ -454,7 +513,6 @@ impl CommandLine {
                     ..Default::default()
                 })
                 .width(Length::Fill)
-                .max_height(200.0)
                 .padding([4, 0]);
             opaque(panel).into()
         } else {
@@ -527,6 +585,31 @@ pub fn ranked_matches(needle: &str) -> Vec<&'static str> {
     matches
 }
 
+/// Flat button style for the history dropdown's Copy / Clear strip: a subtle
+/// filled pill that brightens on hover.
+fn header_btn_style(_: &Theme, status: button::Status) -> button::Style {
+    let bg = if matches!(status, button::Status::Hovered) {
+        Color {
+            r: 0.24,
+            g: 0.24,
+            b: 0.24,
+            a: 1.0,
+        }
+    } else {
+        INPUT_ROW_BG
+    };
+    button::Style {
+        background: Some(Background::Color(bg)),
+        text_color: Color::WHITE,
+        border: Border {
+            color: BORDER_COLOR,
+            width: 1.0,
+            radius: 3.0.into(),
+        },
+        ..Default::default()
+    }
+}
+
 const PANEL_BG: Color = Color {
     r: 0.15,
     g: 0.15,

src/ui/icons.rs

@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ pub const CHECK: &[u8] = include_bytes!("../../assets/icons/ui/check.svg");
 pub const CLOSE: &[u8] = include_bytes!("../../assets/icons/ui/close.svg");
 pub const PLUS: &[u8] = include_bytes!("../../assets/icons/ui/plus.svg");
 pub const TRASH: &[u8] = include_bytes!("../../assets/icons/ui/trash.svg");
+pub const COPY: &[u8] = include_bytes!("../../assets/icons/ui/copy.svg");
 pub const MENU: &[u8] = include_bytes!("../../assets/icons/ui/menu.svg");
 pub const MOVE: &[u8] = include_bytes!("../../assets/icons/ui/move.svg");
 pub const SPLIT_V: &[u8] = include_bytes!("../../assets/icons/ui/split_v.svg");