Don't touch my clipboard

Re:Don't touch my clipboard by Dylan16807 on Monday February 17, 2020 @09:42PM (#22353005)

> I can't think of a single time when I want a site to react to my attempt to copy text off if it.

Any time you're not interacting with HTML text is a time it could be useful.

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Re:Don't touch my clipboard by codetrotter on Monday February 17, 2020 @09:50PM (#22353054)

Specifically, things like copying a cell of data in Google Sheets for example.

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Re:Don't touch my clipboard by dredmorbius on Tuesday February 18, 2020 @03:50AM (#22354480)

Copying from HTML tables is already sane.

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Re:Don't touch my clipboard by codetrotter on Tuesday February 18, 2020 @09:47PM (#22362662)

Google sheets is not just a HTML table though. And when you click on a cell, you select the cell itself, rather than having to highlight the cell contents. In order for copy paste to work as intended, this makes it necessary for Google Sheets to intercept Ctrl-C and Ctrl-V.

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Re:Don't touch my clipboard by pierrec on Monday February 17, 2020 @09:53PM (#22353065)

In that case there should be no actual text selected. The problem only occurs when there is text visibly selected and you press your copy shortcut. In those cases the only correct behavior is to copy the selected text.

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