Bug 494356

Summary:	Copying/Pasting is broken on Save As... file name input field on macOS
Product:	[Applications] kate	Reporter:	SprawlsSoupier <sprawls_soupier_03>
Component:	application	Assignee:	KWrite Developers <kwrite-bugs-null>
Status:	CONFIRMED ---
Severity:	minor	CC:	christoph, waqar.17a
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	Git
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	macOS (DMG)
OS:	macOS
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Description SprawlsSoupier 2024-10-09 16:41:53 UTC

SUMMARY
In the Save As... dialog, copying/pasting is broken. Copying/Pasting would focus on the editor instead of the file name input field—although that is focused.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. File --> Save As...
2. Focus on the file name input field (automatic.)
3. Attempt to copy/paste on it.

OBSERVED RESULT
Copying/Pasting is on the editor.

EXPECTED RESULT
Copying/Pasting is in the file name input field.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
macOS: 15.0 (and 14.X too)
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.6.0
Qt Version: 6.7.2

Comment 1 Waqar Ahmed 2024-10-09 16:46:17 UTC

Same as https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=468433

I am not sure who is in the wrong though, Qt or KTextEditor/Kate

Comment 2 Christoph Cullmann 2025-01-19 18:19:43 UTC

Paste per menu works but the shortcut of the main window wins.

Confirmed with latest nightmake.

Comment 3 Christoph Cullmann 2025-02-01 18:14:34 UTC

https://doc.qt.io/qt-6/macos-issues.html#menu-bar

Other standard menu items such as Cut, Copy, Paste and Select All are applicable both in your application and in some native dialogs such as QFileDialog. It's important that you create these menu items with the standard shortcuts so that the corresponding editing features will be enabled in the dialogs. At this time there are no MenuRole identifiers for them, but they will be auto-detected just like the application menu items when the QAction has the default TextHeuristicRole.

Looks like that is a known problem, not sure how to fix that best to have right actions there.