Bug 2494 – Mac: Copy and Paste issues with label text

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Audacity 3.0.3 development began 19th April 2021

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Bug 2494 - Mac: Copy and Paste issues with label text


Summary:	Mac: Copy and Paste issues with label text

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Product:	Audacity
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	User Interface
Version:	2.4.2
Hardware:	Mac macOS

Importance:	P2 Repeatable
Assigned To:	Default Assignee for New Bugs

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Reported:	2020-06-28 06:40 UTC by Peter Sampson
Modified:	2020-12-03 06:19 UTC (History)
CC List:	8 users (show)

See Also:	1579 1300 1599 2495 2165
Steps To Reproduce:	1) Copy "Some text" to the system clipboard. 2) Generate a tone in Audacity and add a label. 3) Cmd+V 4) Observe text from Step 1 is not pasted into the label 5) Right click in the label 6) Observe_ the Paste command is grayed out and unavailable 6) type "SOME TEXT" into the label 7) select the label text 8) Cmd+C (or right click and Copy Label Text") 9) add a new label 10) Cmd+V 11) Observe: nothing happens no text is pasted 12) right click in the new label 13) Observe: "the Copy Label Text is grayed out and unavailable 14) try pasting the copied text from Step 8 into Pages 15) Observe "SOME TEXT" is not pasted into Pages
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Closed:	2020-12-03 00:00:00

Flags:	petersampsonaudacity: Accessibility+ billwh: Regression+ petersampsonaudacity: Test‑OK‑Win+ petersampsonaudacity: Test‑OK‑Win? petersampsonaudacity: Test‑OK‑Mac+

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Description Peter Sampson 2020-06-28 06:40:33 UTC

This is a close cousin of Bug #1579 and Bug #1300 - and hece given P2 for parity with them

It looks as though label text is not getting pasted onto the system clipboard - though there may be other issues.


And note that this is an accessibility issue for VI and non-mouse users.

And most mouse users are commonly accustomed to using keyboard shortcuts for cut&paste as they are common across most apps and used all the time.

Comment 1 Peter Sampson 2020-06-28 06:43:23 UTC

Ahhh - it appears to be a recurrence of Bug #2165

which I reported in July last year as not working on 2.3.3 and a regression on 2.3.2

And tested as OK (without a fix) in later versions of 2.3.3 by Cliff and me - so closed at the time as NOTABUG - but now it appears to be back.

Comment 2 Peter Sampson 2020-06-28 07:24:41 UTC

This appears to be related to Bug #1599
>Cannot paste clipboard text into label unless content already 
>on Audacity clipboard

Which is marked RESOLVED FIXED

Comment 3 Bill Wharrie 2020-06-28 11:44:23 UTC

The system clipboard *is* available to Audacity. 
1) Copy "Some text" to the system clipboard.
2) Generate a tone in Audacity and add a label.
3) Cmd+V
4) Observe text from Step 1 is not pasted into the label
5) Open the "Track Name" dialog from the TCP dropdown menu
6) Cmd+V OR Edit > Paste OR right-click > Paste
- "Some Text" is pasted into the track name dialog

But then ...
7) Cancel the track name dialog
8) Click in the label and enter "Label Text" in the label
9) Select the label text
10) Cmd+C or right-click > Copy Label Text
11) Open the "Track Name" dialog from the TCP dropdown menu
12) Note that Edit > Paste and right-click > Paste are greyed out: cancel the dialog
13) Switch to TextEdit
14) Note that Edit > Paste is greyed out

So, when copying label text the clipboard is apparently cleared but the label text is not put into it?

This is a regression on 2.4.1

Comment 4 Paul L 2020-12-02 17:58:47 UTC

Fixed at c67842f525095f100aa662ff59be421545d8bfc4

But if you build your own wxWidgets, you must also pull the latest from

https://github.com/audacity/wxWidgets.git

and rebuild your wxWidgets libraries.

Comment 5 Peter Sampson 2020-12-03 06:19:49 UTC

(In reply to Paul L from comment #4)
Testing on macOS 11.0.1 Big Sur with Audacity 3.0.0 c67842f

This now works properly on Mac


Also retested on W10 to ensure it still work sthere - all OK