Bug 355841

Created attachment 95697 [details]
screenshot illustrating scenario described in report

Did you try to use option "Synchronize contents of the clipboard and the selection"?

The clipboard (ctrl+c/ctrl+v) is separate from the selection (middle click paste) by default on X11. This has nothing to do with klipper, but with how X11 works. Klipper provides with the config option a mean to synchronize them.

i did, but the results puzzled me even more.

but in this particular instance, the entries were created entirely by simply selecting a bit of text.

I can reproduce the issue on Chakra since the beginning of plasma 5.
The string you Copy or Ctrl+C should always be at first place.

That option is very dangerous, since you don't need to do Ctrl+C or Copy to copy a text.
If you select a text for error, then what did you copy is vanished.

this bug is almost 4 years old!

Any chance this extremely annoying and basic bug will ever be fixed? 
It basically renders the clipboard useless in a lot of situations.
To check the entries, de-/reselect the entry and the hoping it works is more work than simply copying by strc+c or context menu and afterwards pasting.

*** Bug 97913 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

A simple solution would be to for example have the text that was selected (primary) bold. Or italics. Or highlighted...

(In reply to tomashnyk from comment #7)
> A simple solution would be to for example have the text that was selected
> (primary) bold. Or italics. Or highlighted...

Wouldn't change the fact that you never will know what actually will be inserted _without_ checking the contents first.
And then klipboard will be completely useless - I'm better of with an editor where I keep my snippets.

(In reply to arne anka from comment #8)
> Wouldn't change the fact that you never will know what actually will be
> inserted _without_ checking the contents first.
> And then klipboard will be completely useless - I'm better of with an editor
> where I keep my snippets.

There seems to be a misunderstanding:
1) You middle click - the bold/hihglighred entry is pasted, wherever it is.
2)You paste with CTRL+C - the topmost entry is pasted, even if it is bold.

What would not be clear?

The only problem is when the bold/primsry entry is too low.

(In reply to tomashnyk from comment #9)
> (In reply to arne anka from comment #8)
> > Wouldn't change the fact that you never will know what actually will be
> > inserted _without_ checking the contents first.
> > And then klipboard will be completely useless - I'm better of with an editor
> > where I keep my snippets.
> 
> There seems to be a misunderstanding:
> 1) You middle click - the bold/hihglighred entry is pasted, wherever it is.
> 2)You paste with CTRL+C - the topmost entry is pasted, even if it is bold.
> 
> What would not be clear?
> 
> The only problem is when the bold/primsry entry is too low.

Given that klipboard seemingly has no idea _what_ was selected in what order in the first place, the highlighting would be as random as the current order/insertion logic is.
Secondly, how would that work? I open klipboard's list, check what is highlighted/top most, correct it if necessary (and it will be necessary) and only then middle click or CTRL+V? That's basically an acknowldgment that klipboard is little more than a randomly ordered list of entries, but more cumbersome to use than a post-it.

What is your clipboard setting (screenshot would be welcome)

In my suggestion, I was wrong - what is in the clipboard filled with CTRL+C should be bolded - that is what will be pasted after pressing CTRL+V. For me, what is going to be inserted after clicking the middle button is always top of the list. Because to get anything into clipboard, I first have to select it.