Bug 481119

Summary:	Bring back option to save text selection to history without syncing to clipboard
Product:	[Plasma] plasmashell	Reporter:	Siddhartha <kde>
Component:	Clipboard widget & pop-up	Assignee:	Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	airfullbete, d.milivojevic, kde, kdedev, nate, tomashnyk
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	5.27.10
Target Milestone:	1.0
Platform:	NixOS
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Siddhartha 2024-02-09 13:55:59 UTC

After https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-workspace/-/merge_requests/1065, the option to "Always save in history" is disabled for "Text selection" when "Keep selection and clipboard the same" option is disabled.

I relied on this feature to both keep my selection and clipboard separate and also save my selections to clipboard history (with a large history size to accommodate many selections).

The "More about.." help text tooltip still says "If it is turned off, the selection may still be saved in the clipboard history (subject to the options below)", but the code comment says otherwise. 

Can we please bring back this option?

Comment 1 fanzhuyifan 2024-06-03 22:57:12 UTC

*** Bug 487987 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 2 TraceyC 2024-08-07 20:19:09 UTC

Seems reasonable

Comment 3 tomashnyk 2025-08-02 10:18:20 UTC

*** Bug 506883 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 4 tomashnyk 2025-08-02 10:19:07 UTC

From a duplicate:

Workaround for this issue:
Add IgnoreSelection=false to ~/.config/klipperrc

Comment 5 tomashnyk 2025-08-02 10:25:01 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 492840 ***