{"version":"2.1.286","anchor":"external-editor-opens-at-the-cursor-line","canonical_anchor":"external-editor-opens-at-the-cursor-line","heading":"External editor now opens at the line your cursor was on","tier":"notice","area":"Input","url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.286\/e\/external-editor-opens-at-the-cursor-line","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.286","markdown":"### External editor now opens at the line your cursor was on\n\nWhen you open your prompt in an external editor, Claude Code now tells the editor to start at the line your cursor was on\n\n**Unclear.** Which editors are given the line number in this form.\n\n**What**\n\nClaude Code can open your prompt in an external editor, a separate text editing program such as the one Ctrl+G opens. It used to pass the editor only the file. It now works out which line your cursor was on and passes that too, by adding `+` followed by the line number before the file name.\n\n**Why**\n\nWhen you switch to your editor, you land where you were typing instead of at the top of the prompt.\n\n- Area: Input\n- Tier: You'll notice\n- Useful: 3\/5\n- Signal: 1\/5"}