https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=512735
Bug ID: 512735
Summary: Klipper Does not Allow "Always save in history" when
"Selection and Clipboard" are untoggled.
Classification: Plasma
Product: plasmashell
Version First 5.26.0
Reported In:
Platform: Other
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: normal
Priority: NOR
Component: Clipboard widget & pop-up
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
CC: [email protected]
Target Milestone: 1.0
SUMMARY
Klipper cannot be configured to save both clipboard (Ctrl+C) and text selection
(mouse highlight) to history independently. The "Text selection: Always save in
history" option becomes disabled/greyed out when "Keep clipboard and selection
separate" is unchecked, forcing users to merge both clipboards or lose
selection history entirely. This functionality worked correctly in KDE Plasma
5.24 but is broken in 5.26+.
STEPS TO REPRODUCE
Open Klipper settings (right-click system tray icon → Configure Clipboard)
Navigate to "General Configuration"
Uncheck "Selection and Clipboard: Keep clipboard and selection the same"
Attempt to select "Text selection: Always save in history"
OBSERVED RESULT
The "Always save in history" radio button for text selection is greyed
out/disabled
If you select it anyway, it automatically reverts back to "Only when explicitly
copied"
The only way to enable "Always save in history" is to check "Keep clipboard and
selection the same" (which defeats the purpose of keeping them separate)
Result: Users cannot maintain separate clipboard and selection buffers while
saving both to history
Workflow impact: Copying text with Ctrl+C and then highlighting text with mouse
overwrites the clipboard, and highlighted selections don't appear in history
EXPECTED RESULT
The "Text selection: Always save in history" option should be independently
selectable regardless of the "Keep clipboard and selection the same" setting
Users should be able to:
Copy text with Ctrl+C → saved to clipboard and history
Highlight text with mouse → saved to selection buffer and history
(independently)
Paste with Ctrl+V → pastes from clipboard (unaffected by mouse selections)
Paste with middle-click → pastes from selection buffer
View both clipboard entries AND selection entries in Klipper's history dropdown
This configuration worked correctly in KDE Plasma 5.24 on Ubuntu 22.04
SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma: Ubuntu 22.10, Ubuntu 24.04 (Noble), X11 session
KDE Plasma Version: 5.26+ (confirmed broken), 5.24 (last working version on
Ubuntu 22.04)
KDE Frameworks Version: (corresponding to Plasma 5.26+)
Qt Version: (corresponding to Plasma 5.26+)
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
- This is a regression from KDE Plasma 5.24 where the feature worked correctly
- Multiple users have confirmed this behavior across different Linux
versions[1]
- The issue occurs on X11 (not Wayland-specific)
- The built-in Help documentation still describes this configuration as
possible, creating a documentation/UI mismatch
- This affects a critical workflow for power users who rely on X11's
dual-clipboard functionality
- Example use case: Copy a paragraph with Ctrl+C for repeated pasting, while
simultaneously using mouse highlight/middle-click to copy/paste IP addresses or
other snippets, without the two operations interfering with each other, and
having both types of entries available in clipboard history
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[1]
https://www.reddit.com/r/kde/comments/zzogjq/when_did_the_clipboard_stop_allowing_both/
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