copy paste from pc to device is not working #1750

kingk110 · 2020-09-10T06:46:23Z

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OS: win10
scrcpy version: 1.16
installation method: Windows release
device model: samsung s7 edge
Android version: 8

I am trying to copy paste from the pc to the device but it working only with MOD+Shift+v which sometimes take long time and is limited to 300 characters as I noticed. the copy from the device to PC is working well. When I was writing the bug I noticed that MOD+v is working on chrome app on android but on whatsapp or memo or other app will not work. what could be the reason?

rom1v · 2020-09-10T06:50:23Z

When I was writing the bug I noticed that MOD+v is working on chrome app on android but on whatsapp or memo or other app will not work. what could be the reason?

MOD+v just inject the keycode PASTE. You can reproduce manually with:

adb shell input keyevent PASTE

If it does not work on some apps with that key (once you copied some text on the device), then it is not handled correctly by the device or app.

Did you try Ctrl+v?

https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy#copy-paste

kingk110 · 2020-09-10T06:57:40Z

When I was writing the bug I noticed that MOD+v is working on chrome app on android but on whatsapp or memo or other app will not work. what could be the reason?

MOD+v just inject the keycode PASTE. You can reproduce manually with:
adb shell input keyevent PASTE
If it does not work on some apps with that key (once you copied some text on the device), then it is not handled correctly by the device or app.

Did you try Ctrl+v?

https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy#copy-paste

Yes the Ctrl+v will always paste what is in the device clipboard and not what was copied from the pc. is there some shortcut to force sync the new copied text on pc to the android clipboard. because I also noticed that when you are typing in chrome the show clipboard option is disabled and if you use Ctrl+c Ctrl+v it will work with no problems.

rom1v · 2020-09-10T07:06:10Z

Yes the Ctrl+v will always paste what is in the device clipboard and not what was copied from the pc

In theory, pressing Ctrl+v first synchronizes the computer clipboard to the device clipboard: 7683be8

So it seems that for some reason setting the device clipboard is "broken" on your device.

Is your device rooted? See #1678

kingk110 · 2020-09-10T07:17:10Z

In theory, pressing Ctrl+v first synchronizes the computer clipboard to the device clipboard

you mean it should show something in the adb window that text was copied or something like

INFO: Device clipboard copied

that i ma getting when I copy from device

Is your device rooted? See #1678

no my device is not rooted

rom1v · 2020-09-10T07:20:03Z

you mean it should show something in the adb window that text was copied or something like

INFO: Device clipboard copied

Yes, exactly:

INFO: Device clipboard set

scrcpy/server/src/main/java/com/genymobile/scrcpy/Controller.java

Lines 259 to 262 in 0be766e

    
           boolean ok = device.setClipboardText(text); 
        
           if (ok) { 
        
               Ln.i("Device clipboard set"); 
        
           }

kingk110 · 2020-09-10T07:39:37Z

you mean it should show something in the adb window that text was copied or something like

INFO: Device clipboard copied

Yes, exactly:

INFO: Device clipboard set

scrcpy/server/src/main/java/com/genymobile/scrcpy/Controller.java

Lines 259 to 262 in 0be766e

boolean ok = device.setClipboardText(text);

if (ok) {

Ln.i("Device clipboard set");

}

but when I am pressing ctrl+c on the pc no info is shown on the adb window.

rom1v · 2020-09-10T07:43:57Z

but when I am pressing ctrl+c on the pc no info is shown on the adb window.

That's expected (although confusing).

Ctrl+c is injected to the device, as Ctrl and c, scrcpy has "no idea" that it will copy (sometimes, for example in Termux, it does something else). It's the system/app which decide what to do on this key combination.

Some devices do not behave as expected when setting the device clipboard programmatically. Add an option --legacy-paste to change the behavior of Ctrl+v and MOD+v so that they inject the computer clipboard text as a sequence of key events (the same way as MOD+Shift+v). Fixes #1750 <#1750> Fixes #1771 <#1771>

rom1v · 2020-10-14T05:31:25Z

#1771 (comment)

Some devices do not behave as expected when setting the device clipboard programmatically. Add an option --legacy-paste to change the behavior of Ctrl+v and MOD+v so that they inject the computer clipboard text as a sequence of key events (the same way as MOD+Shift+v). Fixes #1750 <#1750> Fixes #1771 <#1771>

rom1v · 2020-11-07T14:22:35Z

--legacy-paste option merged into dev: d5f059c

scrcpy v1.17 Changes since v1.16: - Fix errors on Android 11 (Genymobile#1468) - Add --encoder option (Genymobile#1810, Genymobile#1827) - Add --forward-all-clicks option (Genymobile#1302, Genymobile#1613) - Add --legacy-paste option (Genymobile#1750, Genymobile#1771) - Workaround screen off/on issue on exit (Genymobile#1670) - Rework console/noconsole versions on Windows (Genymobile#1875, Genymobile#1988) - Terminate server properly without killing it on close (Genymobile#1992) - List available shortcut keys on error (Genymobile#1681) - Upgrade platform-tools to 30.0.5 (adb) in Windows releases - Upgrade SDL to 2.0.14 in Windows releases

Phlip · 2021-11-18T17:17:20Z

on KUbuntu, with --legacy-paste turned on, I can't paste wacky Unicodes like 𓃻. I can paste ASCII.

This is not mission critical; I tried to stress-test my app. I will try copy-n-paste from inside the Android tablet next.

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Bring back old Copy / Paste system #1771

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