Bugzilla – Bug 1300
Mac: COMMAND + V paste limitations in standard file save dialogs
Last modified: 2021-01-22 10:50:05 UTC
Regression on 2.1.1. Does not occur on Windows or Linux.
Fixed, but a bit crudely https://github.com/audacity/audacity/commit/bbd369df1b3c5860ac1145f221c93972c9bac349
It always pastes the entire text field, ignoring the insertion cursor, and ignoring which control really has the focus. The file dialog, which can call up the Finder, is implemented in the AppKit so it's not wholly under our control. But I could bolt on an event filter, after the fashion of CommandManager, to intercept key events. Perhaps later versions of the toolkit than 10.6 will have a better save dialog in the AppKit, making this change unnecessary.
First fix wasn't quite right, better fix here: https://github.com/audacity/audacity/commit/f2a262e9d6a60f72706d8467607ca6e8314ce4d5
Testing on audacity-macosx-r10f77bc-2.1.3-alpha-29-jun-16 build on Mac that Gale built for me Still nothing happens - all I get is the Mac clunk noise and nothing grpm the pasteboard pasted (and I did check that teh pasteboard was still active after this test by parsting into Motes).
(In reply to Peter Sampson from comment #4) > Testing on audacity-macosx-r10f77bc-2.1.3-alpha-29-jun-16 build on Mac that >Gale built for me > > Still nothing happens - all I get is the Mac clunk noise and nothing grpm the > pasteboard pasted (and I did check that teh pasteboard was still active after > this test by parsting into Motes). I can't reproduce that on Sierra. Full Keyboard Access is off, in case it makes some hidden difference. The bug is still open, promoted from P4 to P3 for the residual issues (given the large number of complaints, it should with hindsight have been P2). So Peter could retest.
New report of this on the forum, https://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic.php?f=47&t=106294&p=375242#p375228
(In reply to Gale Andrews from comment #5) >So Peter could retest. Testing on macOS 10.14.6 latest Mojave with 2.3.3 alpha jc006 I can properly paste the text from Step 1 into a) The Save Project dialg b) The Export audio dialogs c) The export Labels dialog and d) I can paste the text into a new label too So WORKSFORME
WORKSFORME on 2.3.2 on macOS 10.14.6 too
Testing on macOS 10.15.4 with 2.4.0 RC06 This no longer works for me on my Macbook Pro with Catalina
We get a lot of complaints about this on the Forum.
(In reply to Peter Sampson from comment #10) I confirm this is still the case on 2.4.2 on macOS 10.15.5 Catalina A we get a lot of complaints about this on the Forum and is this is a close cousin of Bug #1579 which is rated P2 I am also going to raise this as P2/ And note that this is an accessibility issue for VI and non-mouse users ------------------------------------------------------------ I'm puzzled why Gale added "and add a label" as part of step 2 - but it made me realize that I can't paste the text from Step 1 into the label - I can do successfully do that on Windows. This is a separate issue which I will investigate separately
(In reply to Peter Sampson from comment #11) >I'm puzzled why Gale added "and add a label" as part of step 2 - but it >made me realize that I can't paste the text from Step 1 into the label - >I can do successfully do that on Windows. >This is a separate issue which I will investigate separately Logged as Bug #2494
Fix in: https://github.com/audacity/audacity/commit/b4a0be9
(In reply to Leland Lucius from comment #13) Testing on macOS 11.1 Big Sur with Audacity 3.0.0 0123a3e This now works properly - the text copies onto the clipboard at Step 1 can be pasted into the Save dialog. Tested with a) Save b) Save As c) Backup Also tested with Export commands - works there too.
