[plasmashell] [Bug 439851] klipper removes clipboard content on mouse-click when memory size is set to 1

[Hayo Schmidt]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=439851

--- Comment #5 from Hayo Schmidt  ---
(In reply to David Edmundson from comment #2)
> Please can you confirm all the other settings in klipper?

Please see my attachment with klipper settings.

When testing that this setting really shows the effect, I saw that Copy
sometimes works also with this setting. In lets say one of five cases.

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[plasmashell] [Bug 439851] klipper removes clipboard content on mouse-click when memory size is set to 1

[Hayo Schmidt]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=439851

--- Comment #4 from Hayo Schmidt  ---
Created attachment 140061
  --> https://bugs.kde.org/attachment.cgi?id=140061=edit
Screenshot of my klipper settings

This attachment shows my configuration. I checked that exactly this
configuration shows the error.

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[plasmashell] [Bug 439851] klipper removes clipboard content on mouse-click when memory size is set to 1

[Hayo Schmidt]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=439851

--- Comment #3 from Hayo Schmidt  ---
(In reply to David Edmundson from comment #1)
> You can disable klipper just remove the applet. Also being overly dramatic
> won't help your case.

Well, I cannot remove the applet. I can just "deactivate" it. If it helps, it
is OK for my personal needs.

An no, I am not overly dramatic. I am sensible for other people running into
the same problem.

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[plasmashell] [Bug 439851] New: klipper removes clipboard content on mouse-click when memory size is set to 1

[Hayo Schmidt]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=439851

Bug ID: 439851
   Summary: klipper removes clipboard content on mouse-click when
memory size is set to 1
   Product: plasmashell
   Version: 5.18.6
  Platform: openSUSE RPMs
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
  Severity: major
  Priority: NOR
 Component: Clipboard
  Assignee: plasma-b...@kde.org
  Reporter: bugzi...@hayo.de
  Target Milestone: 1.0

SUMMARY

klipper does not provide the content of the clipboard after Ctrl-C, Mouse
click, Ctrl-V.
The trigger is that I have set the clipboard memory size (Größe des
Verlaufsspeichers) to 1. If set to two, it works.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Configure clipboard memory size (Größe des Verlaufsspeichers) to 1.
2. Open (for instance) in LibreOffice Calc a spreadsheet.
3. Mark one line with content.
4. Ctrl-C. 
   (Now the LibreOffice menu provides the option to Insert).
5. Click with mouse into one of the next rows
  (Now the LibreOffice menu does not provide the option to Insert).

OBSERVED RESULT

6. Ctrl-V. Nothing is inserted.

The content is nonetheless available in klipper. If you select it there, it may
be pasted again.

EXPECTED RESULT

The copied content must (not just should) be inserted.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma: openSUSE Leap 15.2
KDE Plasma Version: 5.18.6
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.71.0
Qt Version: 5.12.7

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Let me state that I do not need and do not want any of the features that
klipper provides, and never did! In fact this peace of software, which I
apparently cannot remove or disable, is a constant annoyance. In general it is
a security flaw: I do not want any clipboard content other than the current one
available in the system. Old copies of possibly sensitive content are a major
security hole.
This is why I had set the size of memory to 1 some months ago, in order to get
the original behaviour of Copy which I am using for more than 35 years.
klipper managed to kill one of the most basic functionalities of any OS GUI.
Congratulations. You may imagine that this had an big negative impact on my
work  for those months, because I did not identify the root cause of this
effect.
BTW: If I copy the source about five times very quickly, the paste sometimes
works again. It's kind of bad magic.

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