Bug 68765 - Requested clipboard format not available on paste when it comes from Flash app
Summary: Requested clipboard format not available on paste when it comes from Flash app
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Writer (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
4.0.2.2 release
Hardware: All Linux (All)
: low minor
Assignee: Not Assigned
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: 76338 (view as bug list)
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Blocks: Media Clipboard
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Reported: 2013-08-30 18:05 UTC by bugcatcher1
Modified: 2023-10-06 15:44 UTC (History)
5 users (show)

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Description bugcatcher1 2013-08-30 18:05:24 UTC
I right click on Adobe video player (11.2.202.297 and others) and select any of these options:
Copy video URL
Copy video URL at current time
Copy embed code
Copy debug info
Copy stats for nerds

When I attempt to paste the information into a word document, I get this message: "Requested clipboard format not available."

I can immediately paste that same information into a text file (gedit) with no problem.

This has been going on for a few years, and has now reach the "need to fix it list", hence this bug report. Upgraded to Version: 4.1.1.2 Build ID: 7e4286b58adc75a14f6d83f53a03b6c11fa2903  with same results.
Comment 1 Joel Madero 2014-07-21 17:51:01 UTC
Confirmed:

Ubuntu 14.04 x64
LibreOffice 4.0.3.2 rc

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Go here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jVIEZmZV_M
2. While video (or commercial) is playing right click and click "copy video URL"
3. Try to paste into LibreOffice

I've seen this behaviour also when using WestLawNext which is a closed source document viewer for lawyers.

Setting to:
New
Minor - Will not prevent high quality work but can slow you down
Low - no additional comments or similar bugs makes me think the default for minor bugs is appropriate.
Comment 2 Susan Cragin 2015-01-14 18:58:49 UTC
I use Ubuntu Linux and run Dragon NaturallySpeaking with wine. 
I use NatSpeak's "Dictation Box" function to dictate text, and then when I say "Transfer" it puts the text into a buffer. 
This buffer works for every Ubuntu Linux program I have tried except LibreOffice. 
I habitually use EMACS, gedit, Chrome browser, Firefox, e-mail programs, and so on without a problem. 
In fact, I am dictating this right now.
Comment 3 Simon Reed 2015-05-24 18:04:29 UTC
This problem still exists in LibreOffice 4.2.8.2 on Linux Mint 17.1 with Adobe Flash Player 11.2.202.460

If it helps, I think the problem may be Linux-specific and it is also probably Adobe Flash specific.

If so, reports 40176 and 76338 are also related.

The problem I am having is using a similar copy-to-clipboard function on https://www.citethisforme.com/  (It used to work on that web site but they changed it a few weeks ago to Flash and it has not worked since.)  It just makes LibreOffice say "Requested clipboard format is not available.".
Comment 4 QA Administrators 2016-09-20 09:46:10 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 5 Julien Nabet 2020-02-02 14:43:05 UTC
*** Bug 76338 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 6 Vaho 2021-02-24 07:18:27 UTC Comment hidden (spam)
Comment 7 QA Administrators 2023-02-25 03:24:09 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 8 Mike 2023-05-26 17:27:19 UTC
I started getting this bug (Requested clipboard format is not available) ca. 2 months ago on Libre Office, on Manjaro, so the bug is still relevant. It seems to be following around since 2013 and sometimes is present, sometimes not.

I don't know if the issue is on Libre Office or Plasma side, but since the bug doesn't exists with flatpack or snap version, it has to be Plasma or Arch packaging issue.

Also, the bug seems to be pretty important. Working with Libre Office and clipboard is VERY BASIC and destroys any fluent work, because either we must copy into other text editors or paste with formatting and then clean the formatting afterwards. So or so, it adds A LOT OF ADDITIONAL WORK.

This bug alone makes Libre Office barely functional for professional usage. Since flatpack and snap versions have no access to menu, I can't personalize them and thus are useless for me. I'm stuck with this bug and I just can't stand it anymore. It's like someone was throwing roadblocks all the time when you work. I would immediately switch to Microsoft Office if I had the possibility. Other Office suites are not capable enough, so I'm really cornered :(.
Comment 9 Mike 2023-05-27 18:21:49 UTC
OK, it turned out that the bug I get is since I switched to Wayland. On Xorg, all works fine.

Since text is in the clipboard, possible to paste on other applications or works in Xorg, it means, that something is wrong on the Libre Office'es side on Wayland.

Since this is Wayland issue, should I create a new case, because surely the original issue is not the same. The results are the same thou.
Comment 10 Gauthier 2023-06-04 10:55:41 UTC
I'm also hitting hitting this on Plasma Wayland. And it looks the issue only happens when pasting text in LibreOffice so I reckon the bug is in LO side of things rather than plasma.

Did you open a new issue in that bug tracker?
Comment 11 Gauthier 2023-06-04 11:01:38 UTC
For additional info:

Version: 7.5.3.2 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 50(Build:2)
CPU threads: 8; OS: Linux 6.3; UI render: default; VCL: kf5 (cairo+wayland)
Locale: en-GB (en_GB.UTF-8); UI: en-GB
Ubuntu package version: 4:7.5.3~rc2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1~lo1

Operating System: KDE neon 5.27
KDE Plasma Version: 5.27.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.106.0
Qt Version: 5.15.9
Kernel Version: 6.3.3-060303-generic (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 8 × Intel® Core™ i5-8350U CPU @ 1.70GHz
Memory: 15.3 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: Mesa Intel® UHD Graphics 620

I'm using the LO ppa packages (no flatpack)
Comment 12 Gauthier 2023-06-04 11:06:12 UTC
Looks like Bug 40176 is a duplicate. Possibly also Bug 151864

Also here are other mentions of the same bug:

https://www.reddit.com/r/kde/comments/w7n3zl/i_wish_to_copy_unformatted_text_from_konsole/

https://ask.libreoffice.org/t/requested-clipboard-format-is-not-available/86802

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1433341

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=470334

So the thing is real and KDE devs seem to think it is on the LO side.
Comment 13 Mike 2023-06-05 11:17:42 UTC
No, I haven't started a new bug report for this yet, but I think I should, because this only has the same end effect as this bug here, but the causes are different. Also, most probably this bug here is long gone, or at least I've never experienced it on any system or machine for the past few years. Still, the Wayland issue seems to be real, because it's not only on Arch, it's on Neon. We can rule out the packaging problem.
Comment 14 Stéphane Guillou (stragu) 2023-10-06 15:44:16 UTC
I agree there are two separate issues here. We can safely move the new kf5+wayland issue elsewhere, in my opinion.
Possibly bug 157373 or bug 151864.

I think I'll close this one as "works for me" or "won't fix" because of Flash reaching end-of-life and because no one here reproduced since 2015.
But please reopen if you can still reproduce something similar to the original issue.