cannot copy text with Mac hotkey: CMD+C not working

[rebelcode-xr]

Behavior of the program
On Mac is not possible to copy text (titles, description, comments...) with CMD+C (neither with CTRL+C).
You have to use right click + select copy, that's the only working way.
No idea about other OS.

Expected behavior
Ability to copy through the common hotkey CMD+C.

To Reproduce
Please add all steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. try to copy the title of a video
2. paste it somewhere
3. nothing to paste because the clipboard is empty or it pastes an old text

Environment Information (please complete the following information):

• OS: Mac
• OS Version: Big Sur
• FreeTube version: 0.11.2

[GilgusMaximus]

Hi, so as this article suggests, this is intended behavior fro MacOS. Some rework of the app's menu is required to fix that and make it work on the other platforms as well.

Unfortunately neither Preston nor me own a OS X based device, so this is rather difficult to test for us

[rebelcode-xr]

I can test! :)

[ghost]

'cmd+c' turns subtitles on/off if avaible. (macOS Big Sur)

A simple workaround is to set a keyboard shortcut 'copy' in System Preferences for the FreeTube-Application. This can be 'ctr+c' or something else. Not all shortcut configurations work but 'ctr+c' does. (f.e. 'cmd+c' doesn't work as mentioned; 'cmd+p' 'cmd+o' don't work because they change playback speed, ...)

[rebelcode-xr]

Thanks for the workaround, I've lost your comment and just found it!

It's weird because if I manually click on the menu copy option, it works as expected:

Anyway I've created the shortcut CTRL+C > Copy as you suggested...

... and added also a CMD+C > CTRL+C using Better Touch Tool, obtaining finally the expected behaviour: CMD+C > Copy! 😸

A bit convoluted but works. 😎
Hope it will be fixed in the future! 🤞
If you need Mac testing I'm available!

[ChunkyProgrammer]

@PikachuEXE do you know if this is still an issue with MacOS?

[PikachuEXE]

This is only an issue when viewing a video as Cmd+C toggles subtitles

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[PikachuEXE]

Please test #3027 if possible