vscode: Context-Menu COPY is not working in vscode webview, BUT ctrl+c is working fine

Issue Type: Bug

Use Case 1:

Install an extension that uses a Webview (Oracle Developer Tool for VS Code)
Connect to a Database
Run any SELECT query
In Result Tab, we can see the SQL Query that we just ran + Query Result
Select the SQL Query Text >> Right Click >> COPY
Paste in any text editor

Expected Result: Text is getting copied to text editor Actual Result: Text is not getting copied to text editor

Use Case 2:

Install an extension that uses a Webview (Oracle Developer Tool for VS Code)
Connect to a Database
Run any SELECT query
In Result Tab, we can see the SQL Query that we just ran + Query Result
Select the SQL Query Text >> Press Ctrl+C
Paste in any text editor

Expected Result: Text is getting copied to text editor Actual Result: Text is getting copied to text editor

VS Code version: Code 1.63.2 (899d46d82c4c95423fb7e10e68eba52050e30ba3, 2021-12-15T09:40:02.816Z) OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.18363 Restricted Mode: No

System Info

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Process Argv	. --crash-reporter-id 699fa828-d5c2-42a4-95b5-df472e05dbaf
Screen Reader	no
VM	0%

Extensions (1)

Extension	Author (truncated)	Version
oracledevtools	Ora	21.3.0

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About this issue

Original URL
State: closed
Created 2 years ago
Reactions: 30
Comments: 18 (6 by maintainers)

Most upvoted comments

@mjbvz I found the cause of the problem. When we right-click on the webview, the right-click menu that appears is actually provided by vscode (not webview), and webview mistakenly regarded this situation as losing focus. When the callback function of the copy command is executed, the activeWebview value cannot be obtained, so no operation is done.

When the right-click menu appears, onBlur is executed.

The error caused vscode to think that there was no webview in the active state at this time.

https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/blob/00abefa3e27ee1866cf6a6ac825578c1ddafd32c/src/vs/workbench/contrib/webview/browser/webview.contribution.ts#L22~L38

yiliang114 on Feb 29, 2024

The context menu copy function is not working

Does this issue occur when all extensions are disabled?: Yes/No Yes

VS Code Version: 1.78.2 OS Version: Windows 11 Pro 22H2

Steps to Reproduce:

I copy using the context menu.
I paste, but nothing is copied.
I copy using the keyboard shortcut.
I paste, and everything is copied.

Please watch the video.

https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/assets/109512933/7cedd1c7-0b0d-47e8-87b3-e82fe9cefec2

evil-pechenka on Jun 6, 2023

I have the exact inverse problem in my extension on MacOS (right click copy is working fine, but cmd+c does not work)

pomdtr on Apr 25, 2022

Logan and I ran into this in the hex editor today as well.

connor4312 on Jan 26, 2022

@mjbvz , we have already looked into the sample code. In fact, we made the below change in the html returned from _getHtmlForWebview method like below:

Original Code:

<img src="${catGifPath}" width="300" />
<h1 id="lines-of-code-counter">0</h1>
<script nonce="${nonce}" src="${scriptUri}"></script>

Replaced with

<h1>This is a Heading</h1>
<p>This is a paragraph.</p>

After making the change, we tried to copy the text using context menu from the Webview but text is not getting copied.

soumasar010322 on Jan 21, 2022

Should we remove the “copy” context menu action until it’s working? It’s rather misleading at the moment.

connor4312 on Jan 11, 2024

I’m also seeing this issue with a web view on our extension. It’s really weird, Ctrl+C works perfectly fine, but right-click -> copy does not copy to the clipboard.

I found this, and I think this might be related to the issue:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/70788421/context-menu-copy-is-not-working-in-vscode-webview-but-ctrlc-is-working-fine

A user replicated this issue while debugging vscode and found out that CTRL+C and right-click->Copy have different implementations.

Does anyone know if there is a workaround for this? Or if there’ll be a resolution soon?

Thanks!

osobeso on Mar 4, 2022

Also, please let us know if there is any way to disable/greyed-out CUT/PASTE item in context menu. We just need the COPY item in the context menu.

soumasar010322 on Jan 22, 2022

@mjbvz this issue happens on both Windows as well as on Ubuntu. Text is not copied to clipboard. It would be a really breeze to use on cases where it’s easier to read and copy data from a markdown table for use in an another tool.

For example, I want to copy docker image sizes from a markdown file, while previewing it. Image attached below:

palaashatri on Sep 7, 2022