Gitpod: How can I copy and paste in Gitpod? I have tried every way that I know but it's not working for me in Gitpod

Created on 7 Mar 2020 · 6Comments · Source: gitpod-io/gitpod

How can I copy and paste in Gitpod? I have tried every way that I know but it's not working for me in Gitpod

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oakerele-web

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@oakerele-web Don't worry. I have discovered what to do.

Can you elaborate on the solution? In case someone else has the same issue or in case we can do something to prevent this issue/confusion

Kreyren on 7 Mar 2020

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CTRL+C and CTRL+V works for me.. You can also select using mouse and right click to open a menu with Copy and Paste

Kreyren on 7 Mar 2020

Thanks @Kreyren CTRL+V works but I have tried the mouse right click to copy and paste but did not work.
My other observation is that I have to type out my closing tags myself i.e.

, it does't come automatic. Do you have the idea of what I have done wrong or is it in the setting?

oakerele-web on 7 Mar 2020

Don't worry. I have discovered what to do. Thank you very much.

oakerele-web on 7 Mar 2020

@oakerele-web Don't worry. I have discovered what to do.

Can you elaborate on the solution? In case someone else has the same issue or in case we can do something to prevent this issue/confusion

Kreyren on 7 Mar 2020

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Yeah, I discovered that all I have to do is type the letters without the tags and press tab button e.g. for

to come as

, all I need to do is type div and press the tab button. That is the answer to my second question that I said "I have discovered what to do"

oakerele-web on 9 Mar 2020

@jankeromnes Please See https://www.gitpod.io/docs/html-in-gitpod/ for closing tags in HTML! Let me know what you think of the guide if you get the chance