Bug: Can't Copy/Paste Text Values if Object has been Copied

If I copy and paste an object, then highlight text in a field and copy it, then try to paste into a text field, the result is that the object is pasted again.

The result should be that the text is pasted in the field.

A similar bug exists for hitting “select all” (cmd-a or ctrl-a) while in a text field, but apparently identifying errors like that is called a feature request here.

You need to be more explicit about what you are doing, so we can follow…

I’ve use cut/paste, along with most other Lightburn users… no issues…

We need to know how it’s buggy… if you follow… screenshots will help us understand your issue…


The feature suggestions are for additions to Lightburn functionality not for bug fixes…

:smile_cat:

I was quite clear. What didn’t you understand?

I don’t know how you could read what I wrote and find it ambiguous.

Is the original object a graphic object or a text field?

When you “highlight text in a field” are the letters text or graphic objects?

Showing us what you’re doing with visual elements, rather than telling us, will help us see what you are seeing.

Text in an interface field, such as width or height or position.

The object is an object, it doesn’t matter what kind. Anything that is placed on the canvas.

I can’t reproduce this. Please review screencap. Is there something missing in the steps?

Copy-paste:
copypaste

Ctrl-A:
ctrl-a

How do I attach video? It doesn’t want to let me upload the quicktime screen capture.

If it’s quicktime you’ll have to host the file externally and link here as the forum doesn’t host video files. The screencap in my previous post is an animated gif.

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Thank you. :slight_smile: I can clearly see what you are doing in this video and the results you get. I have tried the same steps and am seeing similar. Investigating further…

This seems to be Mac specific. I can reproduce on Mac but not Windows or Linux.

Possibly a keybinding issue?

It happens on Windows too but I am not currently at Windows computer to reproduce it.

What sort of keybinding issue? Cmd-C/V is universal on mac.

There was a recent change in LightBurn to allow for custom key shortcuts. I was speculating possibly something related to that.

It doesn’t do this with the exact same steps based on my testing. So if it does happen it likely requires some other setup not so far obvious.

So are there plans to fix this bug?

It does seem to be a “Mac thing”, related to copying and pasting within the Numeric Edit fields, it’s been logged as an issue with the development team.

Have you tried selecting the text and then use Control-click and ‘Copy’ then Control-click and ‘Paste’? I noticed that sometimes copy and paste between edit boxes would work fine in this way, but not consistently for me (MacOS 11.4), and I’m not sure why.

just tried on windows 11 it works fine

I am not seeing a difference using contextual menus vs. keyboard shortcuts (which makes sense to me since keyboard shortcuts usually trigger the menu item).