{"version":"2.1.319","anchor":"selected-line-context-now-routed-through-a-new-formatter","canonical_anchor":"selected-line-context-now-routed-through-a-new-formatter","heading":"Lines you select in your editor are now formatted differently for Claude","tier":"internal","area":"Elsewhere","scope":"individual","heads_up":false,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.319\/e\/selected-line-context-now-routed-through-a-new-formatter","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.319","markdown":"### Lines you select in your editor are now formatted differently for Claude\n\nThe note telling Claude which lines you selected in your editor or diff view is now built by a new formatter using the file name\n\n**Unclear.** What the new formatting changes in the text Claude receives is not shown.\n\n**What**\n\nWhen you select lines in a connected code editor (IDE) or in a diff view (a view showing what changed in a file), Claude Code sends Claude a note such as \"The user selected the lines ... from\". The selected text in that note now goes through a new formatting step that also uses the selection and the file name. Before, it went through a plain conversion.\n\n**Why**\n\nThe text Claude sees for your editor selections may read differently.\n\n- Area: Elsewhere\n- Tier: Under the hood\n- Useful: 1\/5\n- Signal: 1\/5\n- Scope: individual\n- Heads-up: no"}