Automattic / Automattic/simplenote-macos

Unable to copy from notes in trash

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Description

### What
Allow copying from notes in the trash. Currently, there is no way to interact with notes in the trash (edit, copy, whatever).

### Why
I understand why it's not possible to *edit* notes in the trash, but it seems allowing copying would be fine. It's not uncommon that I want to pull some info from something in the trash. The current workflow is clunky - I need to undelete it, then go find it in my list of all notes, copy text, then delete it again.

### How
I imagine notes in trash would still not be *editable* - that makes sense. I would think though that it might be a small change to display a static view where text could be highlighted and copied.

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For my workflows this would be a moderate-high priority (but lower if my other request is confirmed, allowing undo after deleting a note).

Thanks for the consideration!

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Research direction

The issue names no files or tests; start by locating the trash-note view and its existing edit and interaction handling. Done means note text in the trash can be selected and copied while remaining non-editable, with the existing undelete workflow no longer required.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
macos, swift
Domain
desktop
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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