Bug 151236 - Copy-Paste only transfers plain-text
Summary: Copy-Paste only transfers plain-text
Status: RESOLVED INSUFFICIENTDATA
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Calc (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
7.5.2.2 release
Hardware: All Linux (All)
: low normal
Assignee: Not Assigned
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Reported: 2022-09-29 21:15 UTC by Cesar Izurieta
Modified: 2025-11-25 15:33 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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copy-paste-problem (40.48 KB, image/png)
2022-09-29 22:09 UTC, Cesar Izurieta
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Description Cesar Izurieta 2022-09-29 21:15:28 UTC
When copying and pasting inside Calc I can only get it to paste plain text, so no formatting or formulas are copied. Using paste-special only two options are presented: Unformatted text, Use text import dialog.

This has been present for a long time through various versions, it's not a new issue.

I'm using Gnome (tried with and without gpaste) on openSUSE Tumbleweed Linux.
Comment 1 Rafael Lima 2022-09-29 22:05:20 UTC
Paste Special (Ctrl+Shift+V) should open a dialog in which you can choose what elements will be pasted, including formats and formulas.

Can you share a screenshot of what you're seeing?

Also, what is your OS and LO version? Copy and paste the info in Help - About LibreOffice.
Comment 2 Rafael Lima 2022-09-29 22:06:14 UTC
Sorry... I missed the information that you're using Gnome on openSuse.

Anyways, can you share a screenshot of the problem?
Comment 3 Cesar Izurieta 2022-09-29 22:09:53 UTC
Created attachment 182739 [details]
copy-paste-problem

Original content at the top, next pasted with ctrl-v and then the dialog for paste special
Comment 4 Cesar Izurieta 2022-09-29 22:11:20 UTC
Version: 7.4.1.2 / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 40(Build:2)
CPU threads: 12; OS: Linux 5.19; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3
Locale: es-EC (en_US.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded
Comment 5 QA Administrators 2022-09-30 03:55:12 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 6 Timur 2022-09-30 09:14:42 UTC
Is there Gnome version of Tumbleweed of you add it? 
What if you run LO with: SAL_USE_VCLPLUGIN=kf5 sofice ?
Is your LO the one installed with Tumbleweed (lastest has 7.4.1.2) ?
Did you try reset or rename of LO user profile folder?
Comment 7 Timur 2022-09-30 09:16:04 UTC
I set Low as this is likely not LO bug and BZ is not a proper place to report. 
This is either some glitch or OpenSuse issue.
Comment 8 QA Administrators 2023-03-30 03:25:44 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 9 Cesar Izurieta 2023-03-30 15:52:13 UTC
I've tried this again with a newer version (7.5.2.1) and it still has the same behavior.

I'm running the default versions from the tumbleweed repos. When installing tumbleweed you get the option to use kde, gnome, and some others. I selected gnome when installing and I don't have a full kde installation.

I tried renaming my LO user folder (~/.config/libreoffice/4/user) and running with SAL_USE_VCLPLUGIN=kf5 but the problem persists.

Is there anything else I can do to try to troubleshoot this?
Comment 10 Rafael Lima 2023-03-30 17:37:35 UTC
(In reply to Cesar Izurieta from comment #9)
> I've tried this again with a newer version (7.5.2.1) and it still has the
> same behavior.

I cannot reproduce this issue on any of my computers, both in Linux and Windows.

I think this may be related to the way OpenSuse packaged LibreOffice. For instance, the screenshot you uploaded (attachment 182739 [details]) is not the Paste Special dialog we have in Calc (Ctrl + Shift + V).

Have you tried opening an issue at OpenSuse's Bugzilla?

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/index.cgi
Comment 11 Rafael Lima 2023-03-30 17:39:01 UTC
Also, can you try on other computers using different operating systems? Maybe some other Linux distro?
Comment 12 Cesar Izurieta 2023-04-18 14:33:55 UTC
This is only happening on XOrg but not on Wayland. Other QT apps seem to be affected as well.
Comment 13 Geoffrey Skinner 2023-08-08 16:50:21 UTC
I've also seen this, but unfortunately can't supply a screenshot. It appears to be somewhat random -- it works fine for the vast majority of copy/paste actions, but will occasionally paste only as plain text
Comment 14 BogdanB 2024-12-27 13:13:51 UTC
Cesar and Geoffrey, is this still a problem for you? Meanwhile a lot of version of LibreOffice have been released. Now, the current one is 24.8.4. Can you download and test again?
Comment 15 QA Administrators 2025-06-26 03:11:50 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 16 QA Administrators 2025-11-25 15:33:38 UTC
Dear Cesar Izurieta,

Please read this message in its entirety before proceeding.

Your bug report is being closed as INSUFFICIENTDATA due to inactivity and
a lack of information which is needed in order to accurately
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