Copy/Paste from Evolution to Firefox doesnt work

[Nedim Muminović]

Binary package hint: mozilla-firefox

When I try to copy and paste text from Evolution to my google webmail it doesnt work.In gedit it is working.

[Mackenzie Morgan (maco.m)]

What versions of Ubuntu, Evolution, and Firefox?

[Nedim Muminović (nedimmuminovic)]

Ubuntu 8.04 Firefox 3.0.3 Evolution 2.22.2

2008/10/9 Mackenzie Morgan <email address hidden>

> What versions of Ubuntu, Evolution, and Firefox?
>
> ** Changed in: firefox (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Incomplete
>
> --
> Copy/Paste from Evolution to Firefox doesnt work
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/280285
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>
> Status in "firefox" source package in Ubuntu: Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: mozilla-firefox
>
> When I try to copy and paste text from Evolution to my google webmail it
> doesnt work.In gedit it is working.
>

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Nedim

[Mackenzie Morgan (maco.m)]

Can you create a new user and try this with that user? I can't reproduce this here.

[Nedim Muminović (nedimmuminovic)]

I tried with other text and it is working.When try to copy/paste this text I
cant do that:

Building SPCA5XX driver for 2.5/2.6 kernel.
   Remember: you must have read/write access to your kernel source tree.
make -C /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build
SUBDIRS=/home/nedim/Desktop/spca5xx-v4l1goodbye CC=cc modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.24-16-generic'
scripts/Makefile.build:46: *** CFLAGS was changed in
"/home/nedim/Desktop/spca5xx-v4l1goodbye/Makefile". Fix it to use
EXTRA_CFLAGS. Stop.
make[1]: *** [_module_/home/nedim/Desktop/spca5xx-v4l1goodbye] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.24-16-generic'
make: *** [default] Error 2

2008/10/9 Mackenzie Morgan <email address hidden>

> Can you create a new user and try this with that user? I can't
> reproduce this here.
>
> --
> Copy/Paste from Evolution to Firefox doesnt work
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/280285
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>
> Status in "firefox" source package in Ubuntu: Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: mozilla-firefox
>
> When I try to copy and paste text from Evolution to my google webmail it
> doesnt work.In gedit it is working.
>

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Nedim

[Mackenzie Morgan (maco.m)]

But can you set up a new user, start up Evolution and Firefox for that
user, and then try to copy and paste from Evolution to Firefox? Does it
work, or does it fail like with your default user?

[Nedim Muminović (nedimmuminovic)]

I get same bug.

2008/10/9 Mackenzie Morgan <email address hidden>

> But can you set up a new user, start up Evolution and Firefox for that
> user, and then try to copy and paste from Evolution to Firefox? Does it
> work, or does it fail like with your default user?
>
> --
> Copy/Paste from Evolution to Firefox doesnt work
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/280285
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>
> Status in "firefox" source package in Ubuntu: Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: mozilla-firefox
>
> When I try to copy and paste text from Evolution to my google webmail it
> doesnt work.In gedit it is working.
>

--
Nedim

[Ivajlo Mitov (cmptuomp3)]

Same here, on Gentoo with xfce4, does not seem to be a distribution related bug.
What I found out:
You CAN paste from evolution to firefox in SOME text boxes (like the one I'm writing this reply), vbulletin forums, e107 forums, etc.
You CAN'T paste from evolution to firefox in text boxes like gmail (the email body text filed), you are able however to paste in the "to" and "subject" fields.
Seems to me like a firefox bug. :) Not sure though.

[Jackflap (deriziotis)]

Confirmed here again. Intrepid with FF 3.0.4.

Most boxes do work, however, the gmail compose mail text box definitely doesn't receive clipboard contents from Evolution's compose mail text box (other boxes, like the To: field do work).

[sanbe (sbtluca)]

Same as jackflap here, Ubuntu 8.10 (8.04 upgrade) Firefox 3.04

[Almas (almasd)]

Same bug here. Ubuntu 8.04 Firefox 3.0.7 Evolution 2.22.3.1

[John Vivirito (gnomefreak)]

does it work outside of google mail? Another webmail? I'm going on the assumption that it is google or extensions that you have installed. I am unable to reproduce this in 3.0.7 3.1 or 3.2 with any of my gmail accounts also works good in my lavabit account