copy/paste keyboard shortcuts not working in Decker web editor
traws0 opened this issue · 7 comments
open any text area in Decker web and select some text
shortcuts ^c/^v/^x do not work for the selected text.
In what browser/OS?
firefox/windows
From the manual,
Copying, cutting, and pasting from the keyboard must be done using the native OS/Browser keyboard shortcuts. Copying and pasting using the menus may require you to confirm the action with a browser modal. When pasting via the keyboard, it may be possible to paste images and sounds from the OS clipboard. Clipboard access is very flaky and inconsistent between browsers: Web-Decker tries several strategies to interact with the OS clipboard, but if nothing works it will store clipboard contents in a local window-only clipboard instead, accessible via the browser console as the
local_clipboardvariable.
In my experience, Firefox has the worst/flakiest clipboard support of any browser I've tested. Command+C/V/X seem to work for Firefox in OSX.
- Can you copy and paste within Decker, but not interact with the system clipboard?
- Does copying and pasting from menus work?
- Do you get anything suggesting an error in the JS console?
- Is
local_clipboardset JS-side after a copy? - Are you running any browser plugins which could potentially interfere with Decker?
ok, did some more testing.
keyboard shortcuts also do not work in Chromium and Edge (no plugins).
using the menu to copy sets the local_clipboard variable
using the menu to paste shows the external clipboard after accepting the modal in Chromium/Edge (no modal in Firefox)
no errors in JS console
This really threw me for a loop, but I think I tracked it down; In OSX keyEvent.metaKey is set for cut/copy/paste events, but on Windows it's keyEvent.ctrlKey. Naturally, the one place I forget this is the source of my woes.
yep, that fixed it. thanks.
Thanks for reporting. Given the severity of the problem I'm very surprised this wasn't found earlier.