diff --git a/include/ghostty.h b/include/ghostty.h
index 6c3f5af64..9b7a918ec 100644
--- a/include/ghostty.h
+++ b/include/ghostty.h
@@ -700,6 +700,7 @@ typedef struct {
 typedef enum {
   GHOSTTY_ACTION_OPEN_URL_KIND_UNKNOWN,
   GHOSTTY_ACTION_OPEN_URL_KIND_TEXT,
+  GHOSTTY_ACTION_OPEN_URL_KIND_HTML,
 } ghostty_action_open_url_kind_e;
 
 // apprt.action.OpenUrl.C
diff --git a/macos/Sources/Ghostty/Ghostty.Action.swift b/macos/Sources/Ghostty/Ghostty.Action.swift
index 4921ef8df..9d389a8c2 100644
--- a/macos/Sources/Ghostty/Ghostty.Action.swift
+++ b/macos/Sources/Ghostty/Ghostty.Action.swift
@@ -45,11 +45,14 @@ extension Ghostty.Action {
         enum Kind {
             case unknown
             case text
+            case html
             
             init(_ c: ghostty_action_open_url_kind_e) {
                 switch c {
                 case GHOSTTY_ACTION_OPEN_URL_KIND_TEXT:
                     self = .text
+                case GHOSTTY_ACTION_OPEN_URL_KIND_HTML:
+                    self = .html
                 default:
                     self = .unknown
                 }
diff --git a/macos/Sources/Ghostty/Ghostty.App.swift b/macos/Sources/Ghostty/Ghostty.App.swift
index 074b0f6d5..466e7859d 100644
--- a/macos/Sources/Ghostty/Ghostty.App.swift
+++ b/macos/Sources/Ghostty/Ghostty.App.swift
@@ -676,6 +676,10 @@ extension Ghostty {
                     return true
                 }
                 
+            case .html:
+                // The extension will be HTML and we do the right thing automatically.
+                break
+                
             case .unknown:
                 break
             }
diff --git a/src/Surface.zig b/src/Surface.zig
index 6d5c9b683..cbc3c0cee 100644
--- a/src/Surface.zig
+++ b/src/Surface.zig
@@ -5280,14 +5280,24 @@ const WriteScreenLoc = enum {
 fn writeScreenFile(
     self: *Surface,
     loc: WriteScreenLoc,
-    write_action: input.Binding.Action.WriteScreenAction,
+    write_screen: input.Binding.Action.WriteScreen,
 ) !void {
     // Create a temporary directory to store our scrollback.
     var tmp_dir = try internal_os.TempDir.init();
     errdefer tmp_dir.deinit();
 
     var filename_buf: [std.fs.max_path_bytes]u8 = undefined;
-    const filename = try std.fmt.bufPrint(&filename_buf, "{s}.txt", .{@tagName(loc)});
+    const filename = try std.fmt.bufPrint(
+        &filename_buf,
+        "{s}.{s}",
+        .{
+            @tagName(loc),
+            switch (write_screen.emit) {
+                .plain, .vt => "txt",
+                .html => "html",
+            },
+        },
+    );
 
     // Open our scrollback file
     var file = try tmp_dir.dir.createFile(
@@ -5347,18 +5357,24 @@ fn writeScreenFile(
             return;
         };
 
-        // Use topLeft and bottomRight to ensure correct coordinate ordering
-        const tl = sel.topLeft(&self.io.terminal.screen);
-        const br = sel.bottomRight(&self.io.terminal.screen);
-
-        try self.io.terminal.screen.dumpString(
-            buf_writer,
-            .{
-                .tl = tl,
-                .br = br,
-                .unwrap = true,
+        const ScreenFormatter = terminal.formatter.ScreenFormatter;
+        var formatter: ScreenFormatter = .init(&self.io.terminal.screen, .{
+            .emit = switch (write_screen.emit) {
+                .plain => .plain,
+                .vt => .vt,
+                .html => .html,
             },
-        );
+            .unwrap = true,
+            .trim = false,
+            .background = self.io.terminal.colors.background.get(),
+            .foreground = self.io.terminal.colors.foreground.get(),
+            .palette = &self.io.terminal.colors.palette.current,
+        });
+        formatter.content = .{ .selection = sel.ordered(
+            &self.io.terminal.screen,
+            .forward,
+        ) };
+        try formatter.format(buf_writer);
     }
     try buf_writer.flush();
 
@@ -5366,7 +5382,7 @@ fn writeScreenFile(
     var path_buf: [std.fs.max_path_bytes]u8 = undefined;
     const path = try tmp_dir.dir.realpath(filename, &path_buf);
 
-    switch (write_action) {
+    switch (write_screen.action) {
         .copy => {
             const pathZ = try self.alloc.dupeZ(u8, path);
             defer self.alloc.free(pathZ);
@@ -5375,7 +5391,13 @@ fn writeScreenFile(
                 .data = pathZ,
             }}, false);
         },
-        .open => try self.openUrl(.{ .kind = .text, .url = path }),
+        .open => try self.openUrl(.{
+            .kind = switch (write_screen.emit) {
+                .plain, .vt => .text,
+                .html => .html,
+            },
+            .url = path,
+        }),
         .paste => self.io.queueMessage(try termio.Message.writeReq(
             self.alloc,
             path,
diff --git a/src/apprt/action.zig b/src/apprt/action.zig
index e593d4bce..1c286e98d 100644
--- a/src/apprt/action.zig
+++ b/src/apprt/action.zig
@@ -724,6 +724,9 @@ pub const OpenUrl = struct {
         /// should try to open the URL in a text editor or viewer or
         /// some equivalent, if possible.
         text,
+
+        /// The URL is known to contain HTML content.
+        html,
     };
 
     // Sync with: ghostty_action_open_url_s
diff --git a/src/input/Binding.zig b/src/input/Binding.zig
index 26278f386..94868c2c1 100644
--- a/src/input/Binding.zig
+++ b/src/input/Binding.zig
@@ -434,13 +434,13 @@ pub const Action = union(enum) {
     ///     The default OS editor is determined by using `open` on macOS
     ///     and `xdg-open` on Linux.
     ///
-    write_scrollback_file: WriteScreenAction,
+    write_scrollback_file: WriteScreen,
 
     /// Write the contents of the screen into a temporary file with the
     /// specified action.
     ///
     /// See `write_scrollback_file` for possible actions.
-    write_screen_file: WriteScreenAction,
+    write_screen_file: WriteScreen,
 
     /// Write the currently selected text into a temporary file with the
     /// specified action.
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ pub const Action = union(enum) {
     /// See `write_scrollback_file` for possible actions.
     ///
     /// Does nothing when no text is selected.
-    write_selection_file: WriteScreenAction,
+    write_selection_file: WriteScreen,
 
     /// Open a new window.
     ///
@@ -811,6 +811,15 @@ pub const Action = union(enum) {
                 .application = try alloc.dupe(u8, self.application),
             };
         }
+
+        pub fn format(
+            self: CursorKey,
+            writer: *std.Io.Writer,
+        ) std.Io.Writer.Error!void {
+            _ = self;
+            _ = writer;
+            @panic("formatting not supported");
+        }
     };
 
     pub const AdjustSelection = enum {
@@ -902,10 +911,64 @@ pub const Action = union(enum) {
         pub const default: CopyToClipboard = .mixed;
     };
 
-    pub const WriteScreenAction = enum {
-        copy,
-        paste,
-        open,
+    pub const WriteScreen = struct {
+        action: WriteScreen.Action,
+        emit: WriteScreen.Format,
+
+        pub const copy: WriteScreen = .{ .action = .copy, .emit = .plain };
+        pub const paste: WriteScreen = .{ .action = .paste, .emit = .plain };
+        pub const open: WriteScreen = .{ .action = .open, .emit = .plain };
+
+        pub const Action = enum {
+            copy,
+            paste,
+            open,
+        };
+
+        pub const Format = enum {
+            plain,
+            vt,
+            html,
+        };
+
+        pub fn parse(param: []const u8) !WriteScreen {
+            // If we don't have a `,`, default to the plain format. This is
+            // also very important for backwards compatibility before Ghostty
+            // 1.3 which didn't support output formats.
+            const idx = std.mem.indexOfScalar(u8, param, ',') orelse return .{
+                .action = try Binding.Action.parseEnum(
+                    WriteScreen.Action,
+                    param,
+                ),
+                .emit = .plain,
+            };
+
+            return .{
+                .action = try Binding.Action.parseEnum(
+                    WriteScreen.Action,
+                    param[0..idx],
+                ),
+                .emit = try Binding.Action.parseEnum(
+                    WriteScreen.Format,
+                    param[idx + 1 ..],
+                ),
+            };
+        }
+
+        pub fn clone(
+            self: WriteScreen,
+            alloc: Allocator,
+        ) Allocator.Error!WriteScreen {
+            _ = alloc;
+            return self;
+        }
+
+        pub fn format(self: WriteScreen, writer: *std.Io.Writer) std.Io.Writer.Error!void {
+            try writer.print("{t},{t}", .{
+                self.action,
+                self.emit,
+            });
+        }
     };
 
     // Extern because it is used in the embedded runtime ABI.
@@ -948,7 +1011,7 @@ pub const Action = union(enum) {
             if (@hasDecl(field.type, "parse") and
                 @typeInfo(@TypeOf(field.type.parse)) == .@"fn")
             {
-                return field.type.parse(param);
+                return try field.type.parse(param);
             }
         }
 
@@ -1244,12 +1307,19 @@ pub const Action = union(enum) {
                 .@"enum" => try writer.print("{t}", .{value}),
                 .float => try writer.print("{d}", .{value}),
                 .int => try writer.print("{d}", .{value}),
-                .@"struct" => |info| if (!info.is_tuple) {
-                    try writer.print("{} (not configurable)", .{value});
-                } else {
-                    inline for (info.fields, 0..) |field, i| {
-                        try formatValue(writer, @field(value, field.name));
-                        if (i + 1 < info.fields.len) try writer.writeAll(",");
+                .@"struct" => |info| format: {
+                    if (@hasDecl(Value, "format")) {
+                        try value.format(writer);
+                        break :format;
+                    }
+
+                    if (!info.is_tuple) {
+                        @compileError("unhandled struct type: " ++ @typeName(Value));
+                    } else {
+                        inline for (info.fields, 0..) |field, i| {
+                            try formatValue(writer, @field(value, field.name));
+                            if (i + 1 < info.fields.len) try writer.writeAll(",");
+                        }
                     }
                 },
                 else => @compileError("unhandled type: " ++ @typeName(Value)),
@@ -3274,6 +3344,62 @@ test "parse: copy to clipboard explicit" {
     }
 }
 
+test "parse: write screen file no format" {
+    const testing = std.testing;
+
+    // parameter
+    {
+        const binding = try parseSingle("a=write_screen_file:copy");
+        try testing.expect(binding.action == .write_screen_file);
+        try testing.expectEqual(Action.WriteScreen.copy, binding.action.write_screen_file);
+    }
+}
+
+test "parse: write screen file format" {
+    const testing = std.testing;
+
+    // parameter
+    {
+        const binding = try parseSingle("a=write_screen_file:copy,html");
+        try testing.expect(binding.action == .write_screen_file);
+        try testing.expectEqual(Action.WriteScreen{
+            .action = .copy,
+            .emit = .html,
+        }, binding.action.write_screen_file);
+    }
+}
+
+test "parse: write screen file format as string" {
+    const testing = std.testing;
+    const alloc = testing.allocator;
+
+    {
+        var buf: std.Io.Writer.Allocating = .init(alloc);
+        defer buf.deinit();
+        const binding = try parseSingle("a=write_screen_file:copy,html");
+        try binding.action.format(&buf.writer);
+        try testing.expectEqualStrings("write_screen_file:copy,html", buf.written());
+    }
+}
+
+test "parse: write screen file invalid" {
+    const testing = std.testing;
+
+    // paramet  r
+    try testing.expectError(Error.InvalidFormat, parseSingle(
+        "a=write_screen_file:",
+    ));
+    try testing.expectError(Error.InvalidFormat, parseSingle(
+        "a=write_screen_file:,",
+    ));
+    try testing.expectError(Error.InvalidFormat, parseSingle(
+        "a=write_screen_file:copy,",
+    ));
+    try testing.expectError(Error.InvalidFormat, parseSingle(
+        "a=write_screen_file:copy,html,extra",
+    ));
+}
+
 test "action: format" {
     const testing = std.testing;
     const alloc = testing.allocator;
diff --git a/src/input/command.zig b/src/input/command.zig
index b97b98cca..f38295a4f 100644
--- a/src/input/command.zig
+++ b/src/input/command.zig
@@ -239,6 +239,56 @@ fn actionCommands(action: Action.Key) []const Command {
                 .title = "Copy Screen to Temporary File and Open",
                 .description = "Copy the screen contents to a temporary file and open it.",
             },
+
+            .{
+                .action = .{ .write_screen_file = .{
+                    .action = .copy,
+                    .emit = .html,
+                } },
+                .title = "Copy Screen as HTML to Temporary File and Copy Path",
+                .description = "Copy the screen contents as HTML to a temporary file and copy the path to the clipboard.",
+            },
+            .{
+                .action = .{ .write_screen_file = .{
+                    .action = .paste,
+                    .emit = .html,
+                } },
+                .title = "Copy Screen as HTML to Temporary File and Paste Path",
+                .description = "Copy the screen contents as HTML to a temporary file and paste the path to the file.",
+            },
+            .{
+                .action = .{ .write_screen_file = .{
+                    .action = .open,
+                    .emit = .html,
+                } },
+                .title = "Copy Screen as HTML to Temporary File and Open",
+                .description = "Copy the screen contents as HTML to a temporary file and open it.",
+            },
+
+            .{
+                .action = .{ .write_screen_file = .{
+                    .action = .copy,
+                    .emit = .vt,
+                } },
+                .title = "Copy Screen as ANSI Sequences to Temporary File and Copy Path",
+                .description = "Copy the screen contents as ANSI escape sequences to a temporary file and copy the path to the clipboard.",
+            },
+            .{
+                .action = .{ .write_screen_file = .{
+                    .action = .paste,
+                    .emit = .vt,
+                } },
+                .title = "Copy Screen as ANSI Sequences to Temporary File and Paste Path",
+                .description = "Copy the screen contents as ANSI escape sequences to a temporary file and paste the path to the file.",
+            },
+            .{
+                .action = .{ .write_screen_file = .{
+                    .action = .open,
+                    .emit = .vt,
+                } },
+                .title = "Copy Screen as ANSI Sequences to Temporary File and Open",
+                .description = "Copy the screen contents as ANSI escape sequences to a temporary file and open it.",
+            },
         },
 
         .write_selection_file => comptime &.{
@@ -257,6 +307,56 @@ fn actionCommands(action: Action.Key) []const Command {
                 .title = "Copy Selection to Temporary File and Open",
                 .description = "Copy the selection contents to a temporary file and open it.",
             },
+
+            .{
+                .action = .{ .write_selection_file = .{
+                    .action = .copy,
+                    .emit = .html,
+                } },
+                .title = "Copy Selection as HTML to Temporary File and Copy Path",
+                .description = "Copy the selection contents as HTML to a temporary file and copy the path to the clipboard.",
+            },
+            .{
+                .action = .{ .write_selection_file = .{
+                    .action = .paste,
+                    .emit = .html,
+                } },
+                .title = "Copy Selection as HTML to Temporary File and Paste Path",
+                .description = "Copy the selection contents as HTML to a temporary file and paste the path to the file.",
+            },
+            .{
+                .action = .{ .write_selection_file = .{
+                    .action = .open,
+                    .emit = .html,
+                } },
+                .title = "Copy Selection as HTML to Temporary File and Open",
+                .description = "Copy the selection contents as HTML to a temporary file and open it.",
+            },
+
+            .{
+                .action = .{ .write_selection_file = .{
+                    .action = .copy,
+                    .emit = .vt,
+                } },
+                .title = "Copy Selection as ANSI Sequences to Temporary File and Copy Path",
+                .description = "Copy the selection contents as ANSI escape sequences to a temporary file and copy the path to the clipboard.",
+            },
+            .{
+                .action = .{ .write_selection_file = .{
+                    .action = .paste,
+                    .emit = .vt,
+                } },
+                .title = "Copy Selection as ANSI Sequences to Temporary File and Paste Path",
+                .description = "Copy the selection contents as ANSI escape sequences to a temporary file and paste the path to the file.",
+            },
+            .{
+                .action = .{ .write_selection_file = .{
+                    .action = .open,
+                    .emit = .vt,
+                } },
+                .title = "Copy Selection as ANSI Sequences to Temporary File and Open",
+                .description = "Copy the selection contents as ANSI escape sequences to a temporary file and open it.",
+            },
         },
 
         .new_window => comptime &.{.{
diff --git a/src/os/open.zig b/src/os/open.zig
index 9b069c80f..28d1c23ee 100644
--- a/src/os/open.zig
+++ b/src/os/open.zig
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ pub fn open(
         .macos => .init(
             switch (kind) {
                 .text => &.{ "open", "-t", url },
-                .unknown => &.{ "open", url },
+                .html, .unknown => &.{ "open", url },
             },
             alloc,
         ),