webscrapbook Copy info doesn't work in Firefox unless `dom.event.clipboardevents.enabled` is set to `true`

it doesn't copy anything for me

Jan 10 '23 13:01 grotesque

Please provide clear steps to reproduce the problem.

Jan 10 '23 13:01 danny0838

Hi Danny, I'm using python server backend. I right click a saved webpage in sidebar select copy info. Nothing is copied to clipboard. The "Copy info format" in settings is set to %url%

Jan 10 '23 14:01 grotesque

What is the URL of the item you right click on?

Jan 10 '23 14:01 danny0838

https://itsfoss.com/librewolf-vs-firefox/

Jan 10 '23 14:01 grotesque

Can you provide a minimal copy of scrapbook with the item that can reproduce the issue?

Jan 10 '23 14:01 danny0838

timepass.zip I've removed "personal" and "work" scrapbooks.

Jan 10 '23 14:01 grotesque

Did the above attachment work?

Jan 11 '23 10:01 grotesque

I cannot reproduce the problem. Copy info on the item gets http://localhost:8080/timepass/20230110134852538.maff, which is as expected of %url%.

What is the version of your browser, WSB, and PyWSB?

Jan 11 '23 14:01 danny0838

I figured it out. I had toggled "dom.event.clipboardevents.enabled" as per https://lifehacker.com/enable-copy-paste-in-web-pages-that-disallow-it-with-a-1601848114 this helps stop website who disable copy/paste functionality(why?) not do it.

Maybe you can make the addon work with

Jan 12 '23 12:01 grotesque

So you are using Firefox and had dom.event.clipboardevents.enabled set to false? And it works after toggling it to true?

Jan 12 '23 13:01 danny0838

Yes.

Jan 13 '23 07:01 grotesque

It seems that clipboard is by default not allowed in the extension context. There seems to be many technical issues to implement full support, though.

Jan 13 '23 16:01 danny0838