Bug 493035

Summary:	Clicked history entry isn't used for pasting with "Keep the selection and clipboard the same" setting enabled
Product:	[Plasma] plasmashell	Reporter:	Piotr Mierzwinski <piotr.mierzwinski>
Component:	Clipboard widget & pop-up	Assignee:	Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status:	CONFIRMED ---
Severity:	normal	CC:	nate, notmart, piotr.mierzwinski, qydwhotmail, tomashnyk
Priority:	NOR	Keywords:	usability
Version First Reported In:	master
Target Milestone:	1.0
Platform:	Neon
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
Sentry Crash Report:
Attachments:	Clipboard settings pasting_from_clipboard

Description Piotr Mierzwinski 2024-09-12 20:39:54 UTC

SUMMARY
In Clipboard configuration I checked "Keep the selection and clipboard the same" with default rest settings (check attached screenshot.
I copied couple strings by Ctrl+C (they were dropped to history of clipboard) after that I selected only some different string, so it was dropped to clipboard (don't see it in clipboard history because of settings). Now trying to paste, but not what I selected only entry from history, and cannot do it. Every time is pasted what was selected. This, IMO, is not intuitive.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Set "Keep the selection and clipboard the same"
2. copy (Ctrl+C) couple strings to have entries in clipboard history
3. select some different string
4. open clipboard and click onto any entry
5. paste (Ctrl+V)

OBSERVED RESULT
pasted what was selected

EXPECTED RESULT
should be pasted what I was clicked in clipboard history

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma: 
KDE Plasma Version: 6.1.80
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.7.0
Qt Version: 6.7.2

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
KDE Neon updated yesterday

Comment 1 Piotr Mierzwinski 2024-09-12 20:40:24 UTC

Created attachment 173596 [details]
Clipboard settings

Comment 2 Piotr Mierzwinski 2024-09-12 20:41:47 UTC

Created attachment 173597 [details]
pasting_from_clipboard

Comment 3 Fushan Wen 2024-09-17 07:28:00 UTC

That's kinda expected when "Keep the selection and clipboard the same" is enabled.

Comment 4 Nate Graham 2024-09-17 21:07:56 UTC

Hmm, why would that be expected?

Comment 5 Piotr Mierzwinski 2024-09-17 21:16:34 UTC

(In reply to Fushan Wen from comment #3)
> That's kinda expected when "Keep the selection and clipboard the same" is
> enabled.

I understood that "Keep the selection and clipboard the same" if no action from my side, but here I intentionally selected what I wanted to paste. And Clipboard ignored it.

Comment 6 Marco Martin 2025-01-24 16:10:58 UTC

(In reply to Fushan Wen from comment #3)
> That's kinda expected when "Keep the selection and clipboard the same" is
> enabled.

shouldn't in that case clicking on the entry actually change the selection clipboard?

Comment 7 tomashnyk 2025-09-18 12:41:49 UTC

Can anybody still reproduce it? I tried on current Plasma (6.4.4) and cannot trigger it with the same settings, unless I am missing something.