copy and paste does not work

[vks]

It seems like it is not possible to copy and/or paste text, neither via keyboard shortcuts or the context menu. (Firefox 50.1.0, Ubuntu)

[shepmaster]

It's certainly possible to do this; in fact it's one of my most frequent usages, and it does work in Firefox 50.1.0 on macOS.

I think we will need more details on how to reproduce this. Which piece of text are you unable to copy? I'm assuming it's the primary code chunk? If so, could you please try switching to the simple editor and copying the text from the block afterwards? Could you also try copying the text "channel" above the nightly / stable selectors?

[shepmaster]

Closing for the best reason ever: It Works On My Machine 😇

[vks]

Sorry for not replying. I think it might indeed be a problem on my side, so closing this seems like the right thing to do.

[shepmaster]

This may actually be ajaxorg/ace#2794, it looks highly relevant.

[vks]

I still can't copy and paste from the primary code, neither with keybindings or the context menu. Copying from other parts of the website (like "channel") works.

Switching to the simple editor fixes the problems, so it might indeed be the issue you linked.

[shepmaster]

From duplicate issue

I'm not sure what you mean. I still care about it. What do you expect me to do? It seems to be the bug in Ace you linked, so my plan was to wait until it is fixed upstream. (I guess I don't care enough to invest the time to fix it myself. Especially since the simple editor works.)

I apologize, I didn't intend any slight.

What I was attempting to convey is that over the course of a year, only two people have mentioned the issue. This isn't something that many people experience and frankly it can't be fixed except by someone who can reproduce it (or at least a lot of assistance from them); there's nothing I can do to fix something I can't see.

[dhardy]

I would suggest you leave it open for now just so people can find the issue.

[shepmaster]

I would suggest you leave it open for now

Yep, that's my plan. After a month or two of inactivity, I'll close it again, because I can't reproduce it much less fix it. Hopefully someone who experiences the problem fixes it in that timeframe!

just so people can find the issue.

The GitHub search and Google search both work equally well for closed as well as open issues.

[vks]

This issue persists after upgrading to Ubuntu 16.04 with Firefox 57.0.

[vks]

As mentioned in ajaxorg/ace#2794, this happens when clipboard events are disabled. Enabling them fixes the issue for me.

I suggest to add a troubleshooting section to the README with an entry about this and to close the issue.

[shepmaster]

when clipboard events are disabled

@vks any idea how your clipboard events got disabled?

[vks]

Not sure, I don't remember disabling them intentionally.