Public bug reported: Pasting text copied form outside of a webapp is impossible. Similary, copying text from a webapp and trying to paste it into another application (e.g. GEdit) doesn't work, as webbrowser-app (used to run webapps) doesn't seem to use the system clipboard, but has a local clipboard for each webbrowser-app window.
Copying text from one webapp (e.g. Gmail) into another one (e.g. Google Plus) also doesn't work. Copying and pasting only works within one webapp/webbrowser-app window, i.e. each webapp (webbrowser-app window) seems to have its own clipboard. Test case: 1. Open a webapp (e.g. Gmail) 2. Select text by double-clicking and copy it by pressing [ctrl]+[c] 3. Try pasting it in GEdit, e.g. with [ctrl]+[c], or with [shift]+[insert], or with middle-click (i.e. from the X clipboard) Expected result: Text copied from the webapp is pasted into GEdit Actual result: Text previously copied from outside of any web app (e.g. from Firefox) is pasted instead. Analogous test cases apply for copying from GEdit (or another non- webapp) into a webapp and between webapps. All fail in similar ways, however between webapps, it's the content of a webapp's local clipboard that's pasted. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: webbrowser-app 0.23+14.04.20140428-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-34.60-generic 3.13.11.4 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-34-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.3 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Mon Aug 25 18:14:35 2014 EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-07-12 (43 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140417) SourcePackage: webbrowser-app UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: webbrowser-app (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug trusty -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1361313 Title: Webapps don't use system clipboard To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/webbrowser-app/+bug/1361313/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs