Bug 507399 - Add an option to always copy highlighted text to clipboard
Summary: Add an option to always copy highlighted text to clipboard
Status: REPORTED
Alias: None
Product: konsole
Classification: Applications
Component: copy-paste (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: 25.07.80
Platform: Other Linux
: NOR wishlist
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Konsole Developer
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Reported: 2025-07-23 16:49 UTC by Antti Savolainen
Modified: 2025-07-23 16:49 UTC (History)
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Description Antti Savolainen 2025-07-23 16:49:58 UTC 
SUMMARY
vim and neovim have a problem that they integrate very poorly with system clipboard. They require several keypresses to copy and when in a remote session it gets even trickier. To fix this I propose that konsole implements a setting to always copy highlighted text to PRIMARY clipboard, no matter if the terminal session is local or ssh'd to remote. This way I can highlight text with my mouse and not worry whether or not it ends in my clipboard.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: Arch Linux 
KDE Plasma Version: 6.4.3
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.16.0
Qt Version: 6.10.0
Kernel Version: 6.15.7-arch1-1 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 4 × Intel® Core™ i7-7600U CPU @ 2.80GHz
Memory: 24 GiB of RAM (23.2 GiB usable)
Graphics Processor: Intel® HD Graphics 620
Manufacturer: LENOVO
Product Name: 20HG0003SG
System Version: ThinkPad T470s