Cannot paste into comment fields using mouse

[IzzySoft]

• Gitea version (or commit ref): 1.11.4 (but applies to other versions as well, e.g. on Codeberg.org)
• Git version: n/a
• Operating system: Linux
• Database (use [x]):
  • PostgreSQL
  • MySQL
  • MSSQL
  • SQLite
• Can you reproduce the bug at https://try.gitea.io:
  • Yes (provide example URL)
  • No
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Description

When I try to paste into a comment (e.g. issue) using mouse middle button, nothing happens. This is true for my self-hosted instance as well as for Codeberg.org – however, funnily it seems to work on try.gitea.io (which runs a development version). As I often use both clipboards separately, not being able to mouse-paste is really hindering to me.

I'm not sure if the functionality being available at try.gitea.io means it will be available with a future release – or if that's some "internal modification" not being released. I couldn't find a corresponding configuration option either. But neither do I see a reason to disable that by default – that's quite unusual, and not the case with other products like GitLab or Github.

Screenshots

Cannot screenshot what's not there 😉

[guillep2k]

try.gitea.io is running our development version for 1.12. It's a "future release" indeed. We hope to bring up a release candidate very soon. Keep checking blog.gitea.io! 😁

BTW, you can get our latest nightly release from https://dl.gitea.io/gitea/. Make sure you don't get confused by the alphabetical order of the directory.

Closing as fixed (in 1.12) 😉

[IzzySoft]

Good to know, thanks! And yes, I regularly check with releases/ here 😉

[IzzySoft]

With 1.12 rolled out on Codeberg.org, I still cannot copy/paste using the mouse. Must that be explicitly enabled – or was it just not included with the release?

[IzzySoft]

It's still unfixed. I've tracked it down to JavaScript: With JS disabled, I can paste fine. As soon as JS is enabled, it no longer works. The culprit is most likely SimpleMde (see this issue there). Nextcloud Notes seems to have the same problem. There might be even more references. The issue at SimpleMde unfortunately is open already since 2017 and didn't get much attention (and I'm afraid it won't get any attention either: the project looks quite dead; maybe it's time to replace the editor, if there's an alternative).

@guillep2k mind to reopen? I guess it worked with try.gitea.io because I didn't enable JS for the site. I just tried again now with JS enabled, and indeed it does not work there either. Disabling JS is not a good option either as then not even preview would work…

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[IzzySoft]

Dear bot, thanks for asking but the issue still persists. Please ask one of the devs for advice 🤣

[nidico]

I'm having this issue as well in Firefox (99) on Debian Linux as well as on Firefox (99) on Linux Mint. On Chromium it works fine. It doesn't matter whether wayland is used or not.

To summarize:

• This is caused by EasyMDE (a fork of SimpleMDE which is used in Gitea since Switch from SimpleMDE to EasyMDE #13333) - the corresponding EasyMDE issue can be found there: Copy and paste clipboard issue while javascript is active. Ionaru/easy-markdown-editor#321
• EasyMDE can't do anything about it, since it's inherited from Paste by using middle click in firefox not working codemirror/codemirror5#931. However this is supposed to be fixed with a workaround since Fix middle-click paste on Firefox. codemirror/codemirror5#5751.
• The issue was tracked in this Firefox bug, but states it was fixed.

This needs some more investigation...

[lunny]

Should be fixed by #23876

[IzzySoft]

Thanks @lunny – will check again when the next release containing that commit is out. Feel free to give me a ping should I forget to report back in time 😉

[silverwind]

Definitely fixed with #23876, let's close.

[IzzySoft]

OK, OK – I take your word on that, thanks 😄