Even better GETAROUND, in fatc the greatest GETAROUND ever: The paste only fails if the current Writer window has a copy that is active on the clipboard When a paste fails: activate another Writer window, do a copy here - the Writer window you are trying to paste into no longer controls the clipboard Do the copy from your original source again, paste into Writer will now work
** Summary changed: - LibreOffice Writer paste stops working after a Writer copy + LibreOffice Writer paste fails if that window has last Writer copy -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to libreoffice in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1644648 Title: LibreOffice Writer paste fails if that window has last Writer copy Status in libreoffice package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: In LibreOffice Writer on GNOME/Wayland, if a copy is done in a particular Writer window, from then on, that window only accepts clipboard content from other Writer windows. Before the first Writer copy is made, the clipboard works as expected The problem is per Writer window REPRODUCE 1. Open Writer and gedit 2. Type text into gedit, copy it and paste into Writer: ok 3. Type text into Writer and copy it 4. Copy text from gedit and paste into Writer BUG - the text pasted is from LibreOffice, not from gedit The bug is supposed to be fixed several months ago, but some of it still remains in Ubuntu 16.10 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1214702 - the patch mentioned has been verified to be present in gir1.2-gtk-3.0 Version 3.20.9-1ubuntu2 - LibreOffice version is 1:5.2.2-0ubuntu2 GETAROUND: Open a new Writer window, paste and copy text there, then paste into the intended Writer window ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10 Package: libreoffice 1:5.2.2-0ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-27.29-generic 4.8.1 Uname: Linux 4.8.0-27-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu8 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: GNOME Date: Thu Nov 24 13:09:32 2016 SourcePackage: libreoffice UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to yakkety on 2016-11-16 (8 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/1644648/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
