From a6794a1eaa30ef6c4825e785a804f39d5238fd7a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pap <pap@openai.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2026 17:56:08 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] tui2

---
 .../tui2/src/bottom_pane/chat_composer.rs     | 35 ++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 34 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/codex-rs/tui2/src/bottom_pane/chat_composer.rs b/codex-rs/tui2/src/bottom_pane/chat_composer.rs
index 7cc2dbabf1..5b5f961011 100644
--- a/codex-rs/tui2/src/bottom_pane/chat_composer.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/tui2/src/bottom_pane/chat_composer.rs
@@ -362,7 +362,11 @@ impl ChatComposer {
             let placeholder = self.next_large_paste_placeholder(char_count);
             self.textarea.insert_element(&placeholder);
             self.pending_pastes.push((placeholder, pasted));
-        } else if char_count > 1 && self.handle_paste_image_path(pasted.clone()) {
+        } else if char_count > 1
+            // Keep shell commands like `!open /path/to.png` intact (not replacing with [Image]) so they can be run in shell
+            && !self.textarea.text().starts_with('!')
+            && self.handle_paste_image_path(pasted.clone())
+        {
             self.textarea.insert_str(" ");
         } else {
             self.textarea.insert_str(&pasted);
@@ -4092,6 +4096,35 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(imgs, vec![tmp_path]);
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn pasting_filepath_with_shell_prefix_keeps_text() {
+        let tmp = tempdir().expect("create TempDir");
+        let tmp_path: PathBuf = tmp.path().join("codex_tui_test_paste_shell.png");
+        let img: ImageBuffer<Rgba<u8>, Vec<u8>> =
+            ImageBuffer::from_fn(3, 2, |_x, _y| Rgba([1, 2, 3, 255]));
+        img.save(&tmp_path).expect("failed to write temp png");
+
+        let (tx, _rx) = unbounded_channel::<AppEvent>();
+        let sender = AppEventSender::new(tx);
+        let mut composer = ChatComposer::new(
+            true,
+            sender,
+            false,
+            "Ask Codex to do anything".to_string(),
+            false,
+        );
+
+        composer.insert_str("!open ");
+        let pasted = tmp_path.to_string_lossy().to_string();
+        let needs_redraw = composer.handle_paste(pasted.clone());
+        assert!(needs_redraw);
+        assert!(composer.attached_images.is_empty());
+        assert_eq!(composer.textarea.text(), format!("!open {pasted}"));
+
+        let imgs = composer.take_recent_submission_images();
+        assert!(imgs.is_empty());
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn selecting_custom_prompt_without_args_submits_content() {
         let prompt_text = "Hello from saved prompt";