Re: PSA: Clipboard differences between Chromium & Firefox across platforms

From	"Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>
Newsgroups	alt.comp.software.firefox, comp.sys.mac.system, alt.os.linux
Subject	Re: PSA: Clipboard differences between Chromium & Firefox across platforms
Date	2026-02-13 22:31 +0100
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On 2026-02-13 22:01, Maria Sophia wrote:
> Carlos E. R. wrote:
>> On 2026-02-13 19:12, Maria Sophia wrote:
>>> Carlos E. R. wrote:

...

> Your tests confirm that Kate and LO Write handle the Chromium clipboard
> in a way that avoids the issue. That is good information for the group.
> It also helps narrow down which editors might react differently.
> 
> Since you run Linux every day, your input is valuable here. You can help
> the team by checking one small thing that keeps the test simple.
> 
> Here is a short test that keeps things simple. 1. Copy a short plain- 
> looking paragraph in Firefox. 2. Paste it into any editor you prefer. 3. 
> Press Control+A and confirm that full selection works. 4. Repeat the 
> same steps using Chromium. 5. Compare only the behavior of the editor, 
> not the formatting.

Yes, I pasted into Kate, from both browsers, and ctrl-A works fine.


> 
> This keeps the test short and avoids long procedures, and it lets us see
> whether the difference between Firefox and Chromium shows up in your own
> Linux setup.
> 
> If both behave the same, that tells us the editor is choosing plain text.
> If they differ, that suggests the editor is reacting to the HTML fragment
> that Chromium always provides. This is the PSA that I'm warning folks of.
> 

Kate is a plain text editor, so it chooses the plain text part. LO lets 
me choose (with shift-^V)



> Note that Control+A is not a Windows feature. It is an editor feature.
> On Linux:
> a. Kate supports Control+A
> b. LO Write supports Control+A
> c. GVim supports Control+A
> But many terminal editors do not.
> 
> So the key point is that while Control+A works on Linux, the behavior after
> a Chromium paste can differ depending on how the editor interprets the
> clipboard formats.
> 
> Thanks again for checking this. Your Linux results help complete the 
> picture for everyone.


-- 
Cheers,
        Carlos E.R.

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PSA: Clipboard differences between Chromium & Firefox across platforms Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-02-12 15:26 -0500
  Re: PSA: Clipboard differences between Chromium & Firefox across platforms "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-02-13 12:02 +0100
    Re: PSA: Clipboard differences between Chromium & Firefox across platforms R Daneel Olivaw <Danni@hyperspace.vogon.gov.invalid> - 2026-02-13 12:19 +0100
      Re: PSA: Clipboard differences between Chromium & Firefox across platforms "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-02-13 12:32 +0100
        Re: PSA: Clipboard differences between Chromium & Firefox across platforms Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-02-13 08:42 -0500
          Re: PSA: Clipboard differences between Chromium & Firefox across platforms Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-02-13 13:37 -0500
            Re: PSA: Clipboard differences between Chromium & Firefox across platforms Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-02-13 14:36 -0500
            Re: PSA: Clipboard differences between Chromium & Firefox across platforms onion@anon.invalid (Mr Ön!on) - 2026-02-13 19:37 +0000
              Re: PSA: Clipboard differences between Chromium & Firefox across platforms Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-02-13 15:17 -0500
                Re: PSA: Clipboard differences between Chromium & Firefox across platforms onion@anon.invalid (Mr Ön!on) - 2026-02-13 21:21 +0000
                Re: PSA: Clipboard differences between Chromium & Firefox across platforms "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-02-13 23:32 +0100
                Re: PSA: Clipboard differences between Chromium & Firefox across platforms onion@anon.invalid (Mr Ön!on) - 2026-02-13 22:57 +0000
                Ratcatcher/2.0.0.25 (was: Re: PSA: Clipboard differences between Chromium & Firefox across platforms) onion@anon.invalid (Mr Ön!on) - 2026-02-14 01:05 +0000
                Re: PSA: Clipboard differences between Chromium & Firefox across platforms Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-02-15 00:26 -0500
            Re: PSA: Clipboard differences between Chromium & Firefox across platforms "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-02-13 21:07 +0100
              Re: PSA: Clipboard differences between Chromium & Firefox across platforms Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-02-13 15:29 -0500
                Re: PSA: Clipboard differences between Chromium & Firefox across platforms "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-02-13 22:24 +0100
                Re: PSA: Clipboard differences between Chromium & Firefox across platforms Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-02-15 01:52 -0500
                Re: PSA: Clipboard differences between Chromium & Firefox across platforms "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-02-15 13:13 +0100
                Re: PSA: Clipboard differences between Chromium & Firefox across platforms Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-02-15 07:54 -0500
                Re: PSA: Clipboard differences between Chromium & Firefox across platforms Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> - 2026-02-15 15:06 +0000
                Re: PSA: Clipboard differences between Chromium & Firefox across platforms "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-02-15 19:43 +0100
                Re: PSA: Clipboard differences between Chromium & Firefox across platforms Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-02-15 14:49 -0500
                Re: PSA: Clipboard differences between Chromium & Firefox across platforms "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-02-15 22:04 +0100
                Re: PSA: Clipboard differences between Chromium & Firefox across platforms Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-02-15 22:30 -0500
                Re: PSA: Clipboard differences between Chromium & Firefox across platforms Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-02-15 14:59 -0500
                Re: PSA: Clipboard differences between Chromium & Firefox across platforms Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-02-15 20:11 +0000
                Re: PSA: Clipboard differences between Chromium & Firefox across platforms Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-02-15 17:13 -0500
                Re: PSA: Clipboard differences between Chromium & Firefox across platforms Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-02-15 23:33 +0000
                Re: PSA: Clipboard differences between Chromium & Firefox across platforms Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-02-15 21:58 -0500
                Re: PSA: Clipboard differences between Chromium & Firefox across platforms Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-02-16 03:11 +0000
                Re: PSA: Clipboard differences between Chromium & Firefox across platforms Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-02-15 22:44 -0500
                Re: PSA: Clipboard differences between Chromium & Firefox across platforms Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-02-15 20:43 -0500
                Re: PSA: Clipboard differences between Chromium & Firefox across platforms Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-02-15 21:01 -0500
                Re: PSA: Clipboard differences between Chromium & Firefox across platforms vallor <vallor@vallor.earth> - 2026-02-16 03:15 +0000
                Re: PSA: Clipboard differences between Chromium & Firefox across platforms Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-02-15 14:37 -0500
                Re: PSA: Clipboard differences between Chromium & Firefox across platforms "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-02-15 22:08 +0100
                Re: PSA: Clipboard differences between Chromium & Firefox across platforms Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-02-15 22:53 -0500
            Re: PSA: Clipboard differences between Chromium & Firefox across platforms Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-02-14 00:39 +0000
              Re: PSA: Clipboard differences between Chromium & Firefox across platforms Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-02-15 02:16 -0500
          Re: PSA: Clipboard differences between Chromium & Firefox across platforms "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-02-13 22:07 +0100
            Re: PSA: Clipboard differences between Chromium & Firefox across platforms Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-02-13 17:19 -0500
      Re: PSA: Clipboard differences between Chromium & Firefox across platforms Jim Jackson <jj@franjam.org.uk> - 2026-02-13 17:17 +0000
        Re: PSA: Clipboard differences between Chromium & Firefox across platforms R Daneel Olivaw <Danni@hyperspace.vogon.gov.invalid> - 2026-02-13 18:35 +0100
          Re: PSA: Clipboard differences between Chromium & Firefox across platforms Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-02-13 13:14 -0500
        Re: PSA: Clipboard differences between Chromium & Firefox across platforms Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-02-14 00:34 +0000
        Re: PSA: Clipboard differences between Chromium & Firefox across platforms Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-02-14 09:22 -0500
    Re: PSA: Clipboard differences between Chromium & Firefox across platforms Frank Miller <miller@posteo.ee> - 2026-02-13 15:59 +0100
      Re: PSA: Clipboard differences between Chromium & Firefox across platforms Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-02-13 13:25 -0500
    Re: PSA: Clipboard differences between Chromium & Firefox across platforms Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-02-13 13:12 -0500
      Re: PSA: Clipboard differences between Chromium & Firefox across platforms "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-02-13 21:13 +0100
        Re: PSA: Clipboard differences between Chromium & Firefox across platforms Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-02-13 16:01 -0500
          Re: PSA: Clipboard differences between Chromium & Firefox across platforms "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-02-13 22:31 +0100
          Re: PSA: Clipboard differences between Chromium & Firefox across platforms Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-02-14 00:33 +0000
            Re: PSA: Clipboard differences between Chromium & Firefox across platforms Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-02-15 00:41 -0500
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    Re: PSA: Clipboard differences between Chromium & Firefox across platforms Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-02-13 13:12 -0500
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    Re: PSA: Clipboard differences between Chromium & Firefox across platforms Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-02-15 01:14 -0500
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