Bug 453821 - Make it clearer that you can click on items to copy them
Summary: Make it clearer that you can click on items to copy them
Status: CONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: plasmashell
Classification: Plasma
Component: Clipboard widget & pop-up (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: 5.24.5
Platform: openSUSE Linux
: NOR wishlist
Target Milestone: 1.0
Assignee: Plasma Bugs List
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Keywords: usability
: 507095 (view as bug list)
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Reported: 2022-05-15 11:46 UTC by Jack Hill
Modified: 2025-07-16 17:12 UTC (History)
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Description Jack Hill 2022-05-15 11:46:42 UTC 
SUMMARY
I know that clicking items will copy them anyway but IMO this is ambiguous. E.g. for when you copy a single file: personally I expect a file to open when I click it. The first few times I used the clipboard I kept forgetting that clicking the item copies it and would hover over each button looking for the copy button.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: openSUSE Tumbleweed 20220513
KDE Plasma Version: 5.24.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.93.0
Qt Version: 5.15.2
Comment 1 Nate Graham 2022-05-16 16:38:09 UTC 
Hmm, I worry that if we added a button, people would probably go hunting for it and not realize that the whole list item is clickable. Maybe we should add a tooltip or a short message at the top of the window saying, "Click on an item to copy it to the clipboard"?
Comment 2 Filip 2025-07-16 17:12:48 UTC 
*** Bug 507095 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***