Ubuntu
firefox package

  1. Bug #21202
  2. Comment #4

Comment 4 for bug 21202

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Adam Conrad (adconrad) wrote : Re: firefox doesnt work with gnome 2.12 clipboard management

That's because Ctrl-C in firefox copies into the X primary clipboard (the same
one you would use in other applications with hilight-to-copy and then
middle-click-to-paste), rather than into the GTK clipboard as most GTK apps do.
 While this is a behaviour I've come to be used to (I can Ctrl-C in firefox,
then middle-click into gnome-terminal), it is rather inconsistent. Of course,
it would be really nice if the GTK clipboard manager was hacked in such a way
that it managed to preserve the X primary selection as well.