Yank functionality not working in Brave Browser
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Description
Describe the bug:
I'm having issues with the "yank" functionality in Vimium for Brave; in particular, yy and yf. When I press yy the extension does report that the value of the URL has been yanked: see this screenshot. Same applies for yf; when I enter yf and chose a link, it reports that the desired link has been yanked: see this screenshot.
However, when I try to access the clipboard using CMD + v -- the value of the clipboard is not the one yanked by Vimium, rather it contains the old value (the texts that I manually copied using CMD + c or Right-click -> Copy Link Address for example).
To Reproduce:
- "Yank" a URL (using either
yyoryf) - Go to another tab
- Use
CMD + vto paste the URL to test if Vimium modified the clipboard.
Brave Browser Version: Version 1.52.130 Chromium: 114.0.5735.198 (Official Build) (arm64)
Platform: macOS 13.4.1
Vimium version: 1.67.7
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Research direction
Start by reproducing the issue in Brave 1.52.130 on macOS 13.4.1 with both yy and yf, then compare the reported yanked value with what CMD + v pastes in another tab. Done means both commands place the selected URL or link in the system clipboard rather than retaining the previous copied value.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript
- Domain
- web-dev
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100