Code-server: Copy-paste not working well in terminal

Created on 14 Mar 2019 · 24Comments · Source: cdr/code-server

code-server version: 1.31.0-20-x86_64-linux
OS Version: Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS
Client Info: macOS 10.14.3 + Chrome 72.0.3626.121

I've read Issue #161 and tried @avelino 's solution, but the copy-paste function still can't work in terminal.

Steps to Reproduce

I recorded a video to show how to reproduce this issue:

Select text in terminal and press <⌘ + C> to copy text
Press <⌘ + V> to paste text (not working)
Go to the editor area, then return back to the terminal
Press <⌘ + V> again

bug

Source

ihainan

Most helpful comment

step:1 , make sure code server is running on "https://" not http
step:2, In Chrome set clipboard permission go to chrome://settings/content/clipboard and add your server url
step3: now ctrl + v will work in code server

shahidul56 on 24 Jun 2019

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VSCode configuration does not work for the terminal, it is editor configuration

avelino on 14 Mar 2019

Thanks @avelino. I can't find a place to configure the terminal, so it's a bug of code-server, right?

ihainan on 15 Mar 2019

Similar problem on Linux, both with C-c C-v and X11 selection clipboard / middle click paste.

naufraghi on 19 Mar 2019

I couldn't copy from the terminal and paste into the text editor

shi-yan on 23 Mar 2019

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What browsers is everyone using? This problem only happens with me when using Firefox, with Chromium Ctrl + Shift + V works. One thing I noticed is that when I right click in the terminal, in Chromium next to paste it says the key combo, while in Firefox it says "must use keybind".

Server OS: Ubuntu 16.04 (code-server running in Ubuntu 18.04 docker container)
Client OS: Ubuntu 16.04
Firefox: 65.0.1
Chromium: 73.0.3664.3 (Developer Build)

I'm wondering if the key combo doesn't work some of the time because the nativeClibpoard condition may not always be satisfied?
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I did some more testing and when I change that key combo condition to just terminalFocus, Ctrl + Shift + C works in Firefox to copy (not sure if changing the setting made that work), and Chromium still works too.

Firefox might be blocking access to the clipboard since it's coming from javascript, according to this, if it's still accurate: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1068472#answer-744685

I'm also messing with about:config in Firefox to see if I can allow that site access:
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Granting_JavaScript_access_to_the_clipboard

In the meantime, in addition to Ctrl + Shift + C for copy, Ctrl + Ins works for that too, while Shift + Ins works for paste.

4oo4 on 23 Mar 2019

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I use the latest chrome.

copy and pasting doesn't work for me even with the right click menu.

it's hard to say when it works and when it doesn't. Sometimes, I had trouble copying and pasting at a fresh launch. Then I saw chrome ask me if I allow the page to access clipboard. if I click "allow", copying pasting will work fine. But sometimes, this notification won't show.

At one point, I also saw an error pop up from the bottom right corner saying electron.clipboard isn't a function or something. the error message went away pretty quickly, I didn't capture it.

shi-yan on 23 Mar 2019

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Sometimes cant even type or paste into editor when terminal is open ¯_(ツ)_/¯

syntaxhacker on 23 Mar 2019

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I realized my copy and pasting issue might be due to "copy on select".

when I try to paste into the editor, I first select the text I want to replace.

it seems that during selection, the selected text gets copied into the clipboard, so when I paste, it actually pastes the same content as my selection. This made me thinking pasting didn't work.

But I googled, while you can enable "copy on select" with some extension, the default vscode won't do it.

shi-yan on 23 Mar 2019

Anyone has ideas？This troubles me.

yamajik on 28 Mar 2019

it seems that during selection, the selected text gets copied into the clipboard, so when I paste, it actually pastes the same content as my selection

Same behaviour for me (serving code-server from Ubuntu Bionic, accessing it with Chrome / mac os). Copy on select is always on; it'd be great to be able to disable it.

cristiano-belloni on 31 Mar 2019

This might be fixed now. We've made some changes to the copy/paste.

kylecarbs on 25 Apr 2019

This might be fixed now. We've made some changes to the copy/paste.

Fresh install here on a Google Cloud Platform Ubuntu (specs below from Neofetch). I canno't paste into the terminal.

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MostHated on 2 May 2019

Just an update to this. It seems like Firefox has the most issue. In Chrome and Vivaldi it works just fine if you make sure to set clipboard permission.

MostHated on 3 May 2019

shahidul56 on 24 Jun 2019

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If this is a Chromium permissions issue we might want to add a notification when users try the shortcut for the first time on Chromium browsers. CC: @code-asher @kylecarbs