Copy/paste doesn't seem to work on Windows

[steveklabnik]

I'm using alacritty 0.3.2, and I cannot copy/paste. The clipboard isn't modified after using control-c, middle click, or trying to use right click.

[chrisduerr]

The default bindings use ctrl+shift+c/v to copy/paste (see config here).

Using ctrl+c/v is not possible since ctrl+c is used for sending a signal to peacefully shut down the running application and ctrl+v is used to print raw input character codes.

Middle mouse copy is disabled by default on Windows since only one clipboard exist, though it's possible to enable it in the config in the config.

Middle mouse paste from the primary clipboard should work by default though, but I'm not sure if I've ever verified that on Windows.

[steveklabnik]

Did this change? I swear I used control-c previously.

Anyway, it seems that this works, so I'll close :)

[refaelsh]

Using ctrl+c/v is not possible since ctrl+c is used for sending a signal to peacefully shut down the running application and ctrl+v is used to print raw input character codes.

@steveklabnik
Well, I beg to differ please. Cmder has it, and even cmd.exe has it.

[vladinator1000]

It would make life easier for future users if we changed to defaults to ctrl+c and ctrl+v

[jbulow]

Copy/paste is broken on linux as well. Any plans to support copy/paste on any platform in Alacritty?

[chrisduerr]

Copy/paste is broken on linux as well.

It's not.

[dmelton-gpsw]

Copy/paste is broken on linux as well.

It's not.

I noticed that ctrl-shift-V works in windows, yes, but after SSH'ing to linux from there, it no longer works

[alephpt]

my copy experience on windows is very inconsistent. I can paste just fine, but it basically never actually copies what I have selected in the terminal. I end up having to use PowerShell and right click.

Maybe I need to install wf-clipboard? 🧇

[John15321]

Its still not working on Windows

[MarcelHB]

The problem cause regarding copying on Windows appears to be located inside winit or beyond: if you switch the binding for copying to anything but C, it works.

Starting Alacrity with --print-events, I see that the key-down of C while holding Ctrl & Shift causes exactly nothing, unlike its key-up or anything else.

[kchibisov]

Some applications (AMD GPU driver) add a global binding like ctrl+shift+c, winit has nothing to do with that.

[MarcelHB]

That solves the mystery for me. 🙂