Copy to clipboard not working on Gnome 3

[kuroidoruido]

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Hello,

Recently i buy a new computer and install a fresh ArchLinux + Gnome Shell desktop. Like in the past I installed pass + QtPass but I never saw the copy to clipboard feature work on this computer (on my old computer, with ArchLinux + Gnome Shell too, it's work perfectly out of the box).

I tried to see QtPass logs but can't find them. I tried to use a clipboard manager to see clipboard content, it's work perfectly with every apps except QtPass. I tried different Gnome Shell version (3.26, 3.28 and 3.30).

Does anyone has an idea how to fix this very annoying issue ? :slightly_smiling_face:

[eauchat]

I'm using i3 window manager.
The "copy password" button is grey and unclickable.
Also in general it's impossible to copy/paste in the app edit window, which can be very inconvenient to add a new password that you already created before. Is there a design reason for that?

[FTWSky]

Hello,

After some tests and according to https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Clipboard (read "Selections" chapter), the "text" from Qtpass copied using the right panel button "Copy to clipboard" is in fact copied in the PRIMARY and not the CLIPBOARD. You can use a clipboard manager where you have to enable the "selection" option, which uses the PRIMARY, but then you will have all the things you select, in your clipboard. Or you can just middle-mouse-click after having click the "Copy to clipboard" to have the text pasted.

So the copy do work, but I believe it is not done the proper way.