Issue 18406 - Pasting text copied from another application doesn't work without hack
Summary: Pasting text copied from another application doesn't work without hack
Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE of issue 11096
Alias: None
Product: Writer
Classification: Application
Component: code (show other issues)
Version: OOo 1.1 RC3
Hardware: PC Linux, all
: P3 Trivial (vote)
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: h.ilter
QA Contact: issues@sw
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Keywords: oooqa
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Reported: 2003-08-19 17:30 UTC by Unknown
Modified: 2003-11-01 03:22 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Issue Type: DEFECT
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Description Unknown 2003-08-19 17:30:29 UTC 
Hi.  This bug has been present for a while, but right now I'm seeing it on RC3.
 Sometimes cutting from one application to OOo writer works fine.  But sometimes
it fails; I'll copy text from, say, the Mozilla Firebird browser, and when I try
to paste it in OOo writer it won't appear.  Further, the Paste button will be
grayed out, indicating that the clipboard is empty.

I'd guess that this is possible a Mozilla issue, however there is an OOo-side
hack.  If I copy text in OOO writer the Paste button will appear in color,
indicating that the clipboard has contents.  This "fixes" the problem, because I
can then go into the other app, copy text, and paste it as if nothing were
wrong.  So basically the clipboard functionality has to be reset by a copy
operation in OOo writer, and it will then work for other apps.
Comment 1 tamblyne 2003-08-21 17:01:40 UTC 
Unable to reproduce RH9/KDE/1.1rc3

See Issue 483
See Issue 11096
Comment 2 dcarrera 2003-09-02 02:32:45 UTC 
I can't reproduce this (Solaris 2.8).  Please try to describe, as
carefuly as possible, the steps required to reproduce this bug.

How are you copying text?  Are you just highlighting the text on
Mozilla Firebird or do you right-click and select "copy"?

How are you pasting the text?  Do you go to Edit > Copy always, or do
you press the middle-mouse button.

These two methods of copying text are not the same.  If you simply
highlight text on MozFirebird then you paste it using the middle-mouse
button.

Try to test this with other apps as well.  You might want to try:

- From MozFirebird to KOffice.
- From MozFirebird to a terminal.
- From KOffice to OpenOffice.
- From a terminal to OpenOffice.

Let's try to figure out if this is:
  a) A Mozilla bug.
  b) A OpenOffice bug.
  c) A dual Moz-OOo bug.
Comment 3 Unknown 2003-09-02 13:43:38 UTC 
For copying and pasting, in both apps I either use the Edit menu or I
use Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V.  I never simply hightlight or use the middle
buttons.

It's hard to say how to reproduce this bug, but I have noticed it in
previous versions of OOo.  I'll try to see if I can nail down where it
is coming from, but right now it seems pretty random.
Comment 4 tamblyne 2003-09-05 01:41:39 UTC 
I'm going to mark this as a duplicate of Issue 11096.  

I could not reproduce with Mozilla 1.5b, but can reproduce with
Firebird.  

*** This issue has been marked as a duplicate of 11096 ***
Comment 5 tamblyne 2003-11-01 03:22:29 UTC 
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