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Bug 208715

Summary:	Cannot copy from other editors and paste into Netbeans
Product:	editor	Reporter:	theosib
Component:	Actions/Menu/Toolbar	Assignee:	Miloslav Metelka <mmetelka>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	normal	CC:	ceklock
Priority:	P3
Version:	7.2
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Windows XP
Issue Type:	DEFECT	Exception Reporter:

Description theosib 2012-02-21 19:06:54 UTC

Product Version = NetBeans IDE Dev (Build 201202060400)
Operating System = Windows XP version 5.1 running on x86
Java; VM; Vendor = 1.6.0_29
Runtime = Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM 20.4-b02

I have found that copy/paste doesn't work on Windows between other editors and Netbeans in Windows.  If I enter text into, for instance, EditPlus or Wordpad, I cannot copy it from there and successfully paste into Netbeans.  Instead, what gets pasted in Netbeans is the last thing I copied FROM Netbeans.  I know I've successfully pasted into Netbeans in the past, so either this is a regression, or somehow Netbeans can get into a stuck state where it stops talking to the clipboard properly.

This, of course, makes it really hard to copy code from a web page into Netbeans.

Comment 1 ceklock 2012-03-09 15:58:34 UTC

This happens to me also. I copied text from the web browser but can't paste the text into NetBeans.


Product Version: NetBeans IDE 7.1 (Build 201112071828)
Java: 1.6.0_29; Java HotSpot(TM) Server VM 20.4-b02
System: Windows 7 version 6.1 running on x86; Cp1252; en_BR (nb)

Comment 2 Jiri Prox 2012-03-09 16:14:17 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 205697 ***