auchenberg / auchenberg/vscode-browser-preview

Add support for copy/paste of text into browser window

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Description

I can't paste text into a textarea in the browser preview, inside vscode.

For example, if I highlight something in editor, Ctrl-C, then click in area on web-page & Ctrl-V, nothing. Linux middle-click-paste is also not working: it can paste text to itself, like from somewhere else in same browser preview, but not from anything else.

OS: Linux Pop!_OS 20.10
VSCode: 1.54.3
Browser Preview: 0.7.0

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Research direction

Start by reproducing the failure in the Browser Preview textarea with editor clipboard text and Linux middle-click paste, using the VSCode and Browser Preview versions reported in the issue. Trace the browser preview entry point and clipboard handling; done means text can be pasted from the editor, another application, and Linux primary selection into the preview.

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Assessment

Tech stack
linux, typescript, vscode
Domain
developer-experience, frontend
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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