Re: Gambas clipboard - solved.

[Bruce Steers <bsteers4@xxxxxxxxx>]

I had the same issue the other day when copying actual html code.
Still the copy/paste was not working until i changed to text/plain

I put it down to maybe the toolkits and other programs using clipboard only
like text/plain as the format?

I think the wiki just shows text/html as an example of an alternative type.
We could change that to text/plain as generally that would be the best
choice but it makes no sense really to use text/plain as it's the default
so for most cases just do not enter any format

Respects
BruceS

On Mon, 24 Nov 2025 at 01:28, Ian Roper <westozscribe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Yes that fixed the problem.
>
> The original documentation must have been updated - could have sworn that
> it used to say "text/html" for text data.
>
> This might have changed when 3.1.8 came out and "text/uri-list" was added
> ( wild guess)
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Ian.
>
>
> On 23/11/25 8:26 pm, Bruce Steers wrote:
>
> Try text/plain for mime type
>
> BruceS
>
>
> On Sun, 23 Nov 2025, 08:14 Ian Roper, <westozscribe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Greetings,
>>
>> I can't seem to get the clipboard to function.
>>
>> This is the code that I'm using.
>>
>>   Clipboard.Current = Clipboard.Default
>>    Clipboard.Clear
>>    Clipboard.Copy({some string text}, "text/html")
>>
>>
>> When I select 'paste' from any right click option or attempt a Ctl-V
>> there is no data pasted.
>>
>> This doesn't seem to work in a running Gambas application ( copy to an
>> available text control) or to any external application such as a
>> standard text editor.
>>
>> What am I doing wrong ?
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Ian.
>>
>>
>> =============================================================================
>>
>> [System]
>> Gambas=3.21.1 5994807 (stable)
>> OperatingSystem=Linux
>> Distribution=Linux Mint 22.2 (Zara)
>> Kernel=6.8.0-88-generic
>> Architecture=x86_64
>> Cores=12
>> Memory=15907M
>> Language=en_AU.UTF-8
>> Platform=x11
>> Desktop=CINNAMON
>> DesktopResolution=96
>> DesktopScale=8
>> WidgetTheme=mint-y-aqua
>> Font=Ubuntu,11
>> DarkTheme=False
>> [Programs]
>> dpkg=Debian 'dpkg' package management program version 1.22.6 (amd64).
>> gcc=gcc (Ubuntu 13.3.0-6ubuntu2~24.04) 13.3.0
>> git=git version 2.43.0
>> msgmerge=msgmerge (GNU gettext-tools) 0.21
>> rpmbuild=RPM version 4.18.2
>> [Libraries]
>> Cairo=libcairo.so.2.11800.0
>> Curl=libcurl.so.4.8.0
>> DBus=libdbus-1.so.3.32.4
>> GDK2=libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0.2400.33
>> GDK3=libgdk-3.so.0.2409.32
>> GStreamer=libgstreamer-1.0.so.0.2402.0
>> GTK+2=libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0.2400.33
>> GTK+3=libgtk-3.so.0.2409.32
>> OpenGL=libGL.so.1.7.0
>> Poppler=libpoppler.so.134.0.0
>> QT5=libQt5Core.so.5.15.13
>> QT6=libQt6Core.so.6.4.2
>> RSvg=librsvg-2.so.2.50.0
>> SDL=libSDL2-2.0.so.0.3000.0
>> SQLite3=libsqlite3.so.0.8.6
>> [Environment]
>> CINNAMON_VERSION=6.4.8
>> DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=unix:path=/run/user/1000/bus
>> DESKTOP_SESSION=cinnamon
>> DISPLAY=:0
>> GB_GUI=gb.gtk3
>> GDMSESSION=cinnamon
>> GDM_LANG=en_AU
>> GIO_LAUNCHED_DESKTOP_FILE=/usr/share/applications/gambas3.desktop
>> GIO_LAUNCHED_DESKTOP_FILE_PID=35124
>> GJS_DEBUG_OUTPUT=stderr
>> GJS_DEBUG_TOPICS=JS ERROR;JS LOG
>> GNOME_DESKTOP_SESSION_ID=this-is-deprecated
>> GPG_AGENT_INFO=/run/user/1000/gnupg/S.gpg-agent:0:1
>> GTK3_MODULES=xapp-gtk3-module
>> GTK_MODULES=gail:atk-bridge
>> HOME=<home>
>> LANG=en_AU.UTF-8
>> LANGUAGE=en_AU.UTF-8
>> LC_ALL=en_AU.UTF-8
>> LOGNAME=<user>
>>
>> PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/snap/bin
>> PWD=<home>
>> QT_ACCESSIBILITY=1
>> QT_LOGGING_RULES=*.debug=false
>>
>> SESSION_MANAGER=local/<hostname>:@/tmp/.ICE-unix/1861,unix/<hostname>:/tmp/.ICE-unix/1861
>> SHELL=/bin/bash
>> SHLVL=0
>> SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/run/user/1000/keyring/ssh
>> TZ=:/etc/localtime
>> USER=<user>
>> XAUTHORITY=<home>/.Xauthority
>> XDG_ACTIVATION_TOKEN=cinnamon/Gambas 3/2273-13-<hostname>_TIME28458923
>> XDG_CONFIG_DIRS=/etc/xdg/xdg-cinnamon:/etc/xdg
>> XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=X-Cinnamon
>>
>> XDG_DATA_DIRS=/usr/share/cinnamon:/usr/share/gnome:<home>/.local/share/flatpak/exports/share:/var/lib/flatpak/exports/share:/usr/local/share:/usr/share
>> XDG_GREETER_DATA_DIR=/var/lib/lightdm-data/<user>
>> XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/1000
>> XDG_SEAT=seat0
>> XDG_SEAT_PATH=/org/freedesktop/DisplayManager/Seat0
>> XDG_SESSION_CLASS=user
>> XDG_SESSION_DESKTOP=cinnamon
>> XDG_SESSION_ID=c2
>> XDG_SESSION_PATH=/org/freedesktop/DisplayManager/Session0
>> XDG_SESSION_TYPE=x11
>> XDG_VTNR=7
>>
>>
>>