Bug 508175

Summary:	CTRL+C doesn't properly copy
Product:	[Applications] kolourpaint	Reporter:	plushandcringe
Component:	general	Assignee:	kolourpaint-support
Status:	REPORTED ---
Severity:	grave	CC:	the.entropyst
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	25.04.3
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Arch Linux
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
Sentry Crash Report:
Attachments:	attachment-1462914-0.html

Description plushandcringe 2025-08-12 23:21:27 UTC

SUMMARY

Copying doesn't truly copy it, it saves it temporarily in my clipboard before erasing it as soon as the application is exited, reverting back to giving me whatever I had copied before.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Screenshot my screen and have it saved in my clipboard
2. Open Kolourpaint 
3. Paste image
4. Rectangle Select whatever part of the image I want saved
5. CTRL+C
6. Close Kolourpaint
7. Try pasting the image somewhere else, and watch it paste the screenshot instead

If I were to skip step 6, it would work, but I'd rather not swap between wherever I'm pasting the cropped screenshot and kolourpaint 4 times back to back.

OBSERVED RESULT
The pasted image isn't the one I copied from the program

EXPECTED RESULT
The pasted image being whatever I CTRL+C in the program

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma: Arch Linux

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
I understand right clicking does save it properly, but I've gotten too used to CTRL+C and cropping screenshots this way that I have no other alternative and my muscle memory is too strong. Also, I've tried checking through my PC's settings and the Kolourpaint settings and neither had anything relating to copying.

Comment 1 The Entropyst 2025-08-27 16:46:35 UTC

Can confirm with KolourPaint 25.08.0 on KDE Linux 2025-08-26 (Plasma 6.4.80 Wayland)

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Copy from contextual menu does the same effect.
The image do not appear in the clipboard history regardless if the KolourPaint is launched or not.

Comment 2 plushandcringe 2025-08-27 17:16:25 UTC

Created attachment 184504 [details]
attachment-1462914-0.html

No, IF the software is open THEN it'll save the image normally, ELSE it'll
revert my clipboard history back to what it was before it was open. I want
whatever I CTRL+C in KolourPaint to be saved to my clipboard permanently,
replaced by whatever I CTRL+C after, as it should be. How do I change this?

On Wed, 27 Aug 2025 at 18:46, <bugzilla_noreply@kde.org> wrote:

> https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=508175
>
> the.entropyst@proton.me changed:
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>            What    |Removed                     |Added
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>              Status|REPORTED                    |CONFIRMED
>                  CC|                            |the.entropyst@proton.me
>      Ever confirmed|0                           |1
>
> --- Comment #1 from the.entropyst@proton.me ---
> Can confirm with KolourPaint 25.08.0 on KDE Linux 2025-08-26 (Plasma 6.4.80
> Wayland)
>
> ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
> Copy from contextual menu does the same effect.
> The image do not appear in the clipboard history regardless if the
> KolourPaint
> is launched or not.
>
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