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Not sure if others are having this issue, but I cannot paste into the app (sopuli.xyz)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Basically anything I copy won't paste into the app. The exception is when I copy a link from an app like YouTube and paste it directly into Connect. But if I paste the same link into a notes app and copy the url from there, nothing happens when I try to paste in Connect.

I'm on a Galaxy S9, Android version 10.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

More info:

  • happens on Connect and Liftoff but not Jerboa

  • no issues on any non-lemmy app

  • connected a Bluetooth keyboard and getting same issue with control+v, so appears to be an issue with the paste command, not the OS's UI

Edit: based on data so far, I suspect that plaintext is not working, but markdown is

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Basically anything I copy won't paste into the app. The exception is when I copy a link from an app like YouTube and paste it directly into Connect. But if I paste the same link into a notes app and copy the url from there, nothing happens when I try to paste in Connect.

I'm on a Galaxy S9, Android version 10.

Just copied your message from the post menu and posted in the text box.

When I have paste issues, is almost always the keyboard app. Just a thought.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Just copied your message from the post menu and posted in the text box.

Yeah, it seems I can copy/paste from/to Connect just fine, just not from most other apps into Connect. It makes me wonder if Connect copies text as markdown, because one of the only other apps I can use to copy into Connect is Obsidian, which is a markdown-based notes application.

I wish it was just the keyboard, but I swapped Samsung's keyboard out for Google's and still can't paste. Honestly surprised it's not a more common issue. I'll keep trying things and post back here if anything changes. I can live with copying things into Obsidian before bringing them here as a workaround, but ideally we can find root cause, so future less tech-savvy users aren't dissuaded from using lemmy.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I just posted and article into connect and it did have some weird NL CR behavior in a couple spots.

Testing: from Megalodon (Mastodon)

HOW TO SURVIVE THE HEATWAVE:

  1. Stay hydrated.
  2. Have an ice cream cone.
  3. Dismantle the fossil fuel industry which is literally burning the planet for the short term profit of a vanishingly small capitalist class.
  4. Wear loose clothing.

Testing: From Whatsapp

Still alive?

Testing: from WPS Office

Thank you so much for the response!

Testing: from Joplin (also markdown based notes)

Don't Duck With paste. https://beehaw.org/comment/713529

Hmmm. 🤷‍♂️

I'm using Android 9.

What's your markdown setting set to? Mine is:

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Mine looks the same.

Very odd.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Strange