Bug 458428 - Clipboard copies letters incrementally when selecting with the mouse
Summary: Clipboard copies letters incrementally when selecting with the mouse
Status: CONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: plasmashell
Classification: Plasma
Component: Clipboard widget & pop-up (show other bugs)
Version: 5.25.4
Platform: Manjaro Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: 1.0
Assignee: Plasma Bugs List
URL:
Keywords: wayland-only
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2022-08-28 13:20 UTC by mariothrowsfireball
Modified: 2024-06-24 23:09 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Attachments
an image of the clipboard (241.47 KB, image/png)
2022-08-28 13:20 UTC, mariothrowsfireball
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Description mariothrowsfireball 2022-08-28 13:20:48 UTC
Created attachment 151663 [details]
an image of the clipboard

SUMMARY
If I select it incrimentally sends the selection to the clipboard. Instead of sending ith the selection to the clipboard when the selection is finished

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STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1.  Enable Keep the selection and clipboard the same
2. Select text

OBSERVED RESULT
A bunch of entries.
Every new character selected adds a new entry with the previous characters selected. Like the image uploaded to this post


EXPECTED RESULT
One entry in the clipboard that encompess the entire selection

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma: 5.25
(available in About System)n: 
Qt Version:  5.15
Display Manager:  xWayland

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Comment 1 Nate Graham 2022-08-30 20:19:23 UTC
How exactly are you selecting the text? With the cursor? Or with the keyboard, e.g. by doing Shift+right arrow key a bunch of times?
Comment 2 mariothrowsfireball 2022-09-13 06:06:14 UTC
(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #1)
> How exactly are you selecting the text? With the cursor? Or with the
> keyboard, e.g. by doing Shift+right arrow key a bunch of times?

With the cursor
Comment 3 Nate Graham 2022-09-13 17:48:28 UTC
Weird. Cannot reproduce.

When you say "Display Manager:  xWayland"

Does this mean you're in an X11 session, or a Wayland session?
Comment 4 mariothrowsfireball 2022-09-18 03:39:05 UTC
(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #3)
> Weird. Cannot reproduce.
> 
> When you say "Display Manager:  xWayland"
> 
> Does this mean you're in an X11 session, or a Wayland session?

it says graphics platform wayland
Comment 5 Nate Graham 2022-09-19 21:26:19 UTC
Thanks for the info.
Comment 6 imthenachoman 2023-05-12 12:47:29 UTC
I am on Debian 12 RC2 with KDE Plasma and this happens to me too.

Here are some screenshots: https://imgur.com/a/mqYIQcA. This happen when I started selecting text using the mouse.
Comment 7 joelsonejr 2024-06-24 19:03:13 UTC
I was able to reproduce the reported behaviour, either by mouse or Shift + right arrow selection. 

OS: Fedora 40
Kernel: 6.9.5-200.fc40.x86_64
Resolution: 2560x1440
DE: Plasma 6.1
WM: kwin
Graphics Platform: Wayland
WM Theme: Breeze
Theme: [Plasma], Breeze-Dark [GTK2], Breeze [GTK3]
Icons: [Plasma], breeze-dark [GTK2/3]
Comment 8 Colin J Thomson 2024-06-24 19:13:20 UTC
I guess its the related to this bug #482056