Cut & Copy does not work on iPad OS

[daybrush]

• VSCode Version: 1.45.1
• OS Version: iPad 13.5

Steps to Reproduce:

I found in this part that forcibly returned empty.

vscode/src/vs/editor/browser/controller/textAreaHandler.ts

Lines 182 to 188 in 1fd3957

	getScreenReaderContent: (currentState: TextAreaState): TextAreaState => {
	if (browser.isIPad) {
	// Do not place anything in the textarea for the iPad
	return TextAreaState.EMPTY;
	}

Is there a reason? If I remove this part, it works fine.

The currentState contains the selection range and cursor position.

TextAreaState is forcibly empty, so the textarea value and selection range cannot be updated.

[TylerLeonhardt]

I tried this in Codespaces (insiders) and I just can't get it to work.

• No keybindings work (Cmd + C/V or Ctrl + C/V)
• The Edit -> Copy menu item doesn't seem to copy (I pasted using the paste button in the keyboard and it didn't paste what I copied)

I'm fairly new to iPad but I figured at least one of these methods would have worked so I'm reopening.

[bpasero]

@TylerLeonhardt for me it works just fine on https://vscode-web-test-playground.azurewebsites.net/?enter=true at least, can you try there?

[isidorn]

Also assigning to me so I try it out on Monday (do not have an iPad with me today).

[TylerLeonhardt]

Interesting... so when I select some text in the playground, I get the copy and paste buttons and they work as expected (although my shitty Bluetooth keyboard doesn't seem to work... Ctrl/cmd +c/v don't work)

However in Codespaces, I select some text and the copy button is not rendered. Paste does work as expected:

I'm really not sure why this would be the case... seems unusual...

[bpasero]

Oh btw I tried this with a physical external keyboard to the iPad, not the on screen keyboard.

[isidorn]

I have just tried the following and all works on my iPad, safari, web:

1. Copy / paste using external mouse
2. Copy / paste using on screen keyboard
3. Copy / paste using external keyboard
4. Copy / paste using touch context menu

As for copy not being present on the screen keyboard, I also did not see that.
@TylerLeonhardt can you maybe create a follow up issue, since this one seems to be about copy /paste on iPad in general which seems to work.

So all seems good. Closing for now, if somebody from the community is also seeing issue with copy/paste please let me know and I can reopen. Thanks!

[TylerLeonhardt]

Looks like it's all working for me now.