No context menu in VIM in gnome-terminal after upgrade to xenial

[Valentas]

After upgrade to 16.04, I am no longer able to copy / paste text from clipboard in VIM using gnome-terminal. The previous sequence of actions that worked on 14.04 was: to copy: 1) select text holding shift 2) right click using mouse 3) click "Copy". To paste: 1) In insert mode, right-click mouse 2) click "Paste".

This issue does not exist in mate-terminal.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: gnome-terminal 3.18.3-1ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-31.50-generic 4.4.13
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-31-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1
Architecture: i386
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Mon Aug 8 11:06:28 2016
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-01-25 (926 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release i386 (20131016.1)
SourcePackage: gnome-terminal
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-08-04 (3 days ago)

[Valentas (vk-registrator)]

I forgot to mention that the present behaviour is that context-menu simply does not appear on right-click. I can select copy from the top menu bar, which is not convenient at all.

[Egmont Koblinger (egmont-gmail)]

This is because gnome-terminal now correctly delivers the right-click event to vim (or any application that is interested in mouse events). In 14.04 it was impossible for vim (or any other app) to receive right-clicks in gnome-terminal.

You might either disable mouse support in vim, or invoke the context menu with Shift + right-click, or use the top menu bar or the shortcut key Ctrl + Shift + C/V.

[Egmont Koblinger (egmont-gmail)]

Just for the record: upstream bug and discussion was https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13299.

[Valentas (vk-registrator)]

Thank you, Egmont. After some fiddling I discovered Shift + right-click myself, but you already posted a nice explanation.