Copy and paste from the Windows Terminal doesn't include line breaks #1073

conioh · 2019-05-30T21:58:22Z

Environment

Windows build number: 10.0.18362.116
Windows Terminal version (if applicable): 71e19cd + changing toolset to v142 and SDK version

Steps to reproduce

Clone, build, package, install and launch Windows Terminal (DevBuild).
Execute docker run --rm -it mcr.microsoft.com/windows/nanoserver:1903
Select multiple lines and right click.
Paste in any text editor. I used VSCode.

Expected behavior

I expected to see the same thing I saw in the terminal - specifically multiple lines.

Actual behavior

One line with lots of space.

Notes

This is different from #65 since it was about conhost and I'm talking about the new terminal, and I didn't have Shift pressed.

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zadjii-msft · 2019-05-31T12:18:19Z

Huh, I'm not seeing this - @carlos-zamora thoughts?

d-bingham · 2019-06-01T03:24:24Z

@zadjii-msft There's some terminal state change that causes it. Repro steps:

Open up a bash.exe session
ls -l to generate some multiline text
Select and copy it -- works as expected
edit a file with vi
Select and copy text -- now the endlines are missing

I've been well aware of this working on the clipboard stuff, but haven't tracked down the bug yet. The bug probably manifests in TextBuffer::GetTextForClipboard, but I haven't had the time to debug it yet.

DHowett-MSFT · 2019-06-03T21:25:23Z

Closing in favor of #1091.

DHowett-MSFT · 2019-06-04T00:26:55Z

It turns out that this is a different issue.

conioh · 2019-06-05T00:29:22Z

I edited the issue to add correct instruction to reproduce.
@d-bingham @zadjii-msft, it happens with docker and not only with WSL.
Also happens if I open the console with hcsdiag console id instead of using docker run.

ljani · 2019-06-23T18:37:29Z

I'm seeing this as well. My shell is Powershell Core 6.2.0 and everything I try to copy has this problem. It seems that the copy functionality copies the whole buffer. Ie, if I'm trying to copy this:

get-content myfile.txt
Hello
World

123456789012345678901234567890

It copies this, where ^ denotes a space and my terminal is 30 chars wide:

get-content^myfile.txt^^^^^^^^
Hello^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
World^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
123456789012345678901234567890

andrp92 · 2019-06-25T16:14:12Z

I'm having same issue. when entering a copied command like:

apt-get install -y make build-essential checkinstall libssl-dev libbz2-dev libzip-dev
libreadline-gplv2-dev libncursesw5-dev libsqlite3-dev tk-dev libgdbm-dev libc6-dev libffi-dev
wget curl libldap2-dev zlib1g-dev lib32z1-dev uuid-dev

It only runs the very first line... when using WSL directly, works as expected.

mikepurvis · 2019-07-11T14:30:23Z

I also have this issue when copying text out of an SSH session to a Linux host.

Currently working around it by having this script on my desktop and giving it a double click when I have something I need to paste out of Terminal:

from pyperclip import copy, paste
from re import sub
copy(sub(' {10,}', '\r\n', paste()))

hanubeki · 2019-07-31T10:53:52Z

I think I found an easier reproduce steps.

Open cmd or PowerShell
cls to clear the screen
Run some command that writes output such as dir
Copy output text
Paste to somewhere (e.g. notepad)
Pasted text doesn't include line breaks

nerddtvg · 2019-10-17T21:30:44Z

Thank you, @d-bingham, from all of us waiting on the issue.

pkoscisz · 2019-10-17T21:32:18Z

Now, can we get feature to move tabs around by using cursor and if you have many tabs they don't hide behind '+' character please! LOL 💃

DHowett-MSFT · 2019-10-17T21:37:42Z

It's not on-topic for this particular issue, but the tabs are getting a bit of a boost in 0.6. See the tree of issues linked from #3027.

ghost · 2019-10-23T19:55:30Z

🎉This issue was addressed in #3239, which has now been successfully released as Windows Terminal Preview v0.6.2951.0.:tada:

Handy links:

subhanshu-shukla · 2019-10-24T10:30:58Z

Still not fixed, when you copy it will add new line. Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for Windows 10

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carlosrmendes · 2019-10-24T13:34:32Z

yes, I can confirm that still doesn't work on v0.6.2951.0

Copy from VSCode and paste in Windows Terminal on vim:

nerddtvg · 2019-10-24T13:38:54Z

This bug is not related to pasting into Terminal, it is pasting from Terminal. I believe what you're referring to is discussed in #1091.

tirelibirefe · 2019-11-18T07:10:37Z

I use different terminal emulators in Win10 1903 and all of them have the same problem.

Clipboard: govc find / -type m -name 'dev1-' | xargs govc vm.ip -a -v4
Pasted as: govcfind/-typem-name'dev1-'|xargsgovcv4

DHowett-MSFT · 2019-11-18T07:21:44Z

Those are definitely not line breaks that you’re missing... would you mind filing a new separate issue and following the issue template? Thanks.

DHowett-MSFT · 2019-11-18T07:22:07Z

For what it’s worth: if multiple terminal emulators experience the same issue, it’s probably something in your shell.

subhanshu-shukla · 2019-11-20T03:11:48Z

Terminal freezes during post laptop sleep and network disconnect. Every time I have to force kill the app via task manager. Is this a known issue? Get Outlook for Android<https://aka.ms/ghei36>

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nerddtvg · 2019-11-20T03:17:21Z

@mikkushukla, please open a new issue to report the problem: https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/issues

alxtsg · 2019-11-20T03:18:01Z

@mikkushukla

Terminal freezes during post laptop sleep and network disconnect. Every time I have to force kill the app via task manager.
Is this a known issue?

The problem you described is not related to this issue.

pztrn · 2019-12-08T16:39:09Z

Windows Terminal (Preview)
Version: 0.7.3291.0

Still experiencing this.

subhanshu-shukla · 2019-12-08T16:50:39Z

Because of freeze issue I have stopped using terminal. I am using command prompt as it is more reliable. If this is fixed in 0.0.3291.0 I will start using again and will update If i face the same issue. Get Outlook for Android<https://aka.ms/ghei36>

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nerddtvg · 2019-12-08T16:52:59Z

@pztrn, you may be best served opening anew issue and referencing this one. Ensure you provide all relevant information to reproduce the problem.

@mikkushukla: Your statement has nothing to do with this bug report. If you have issues that are unrelated to line breaks in copy and paste functionality, please open a new bug report.

eromoe · 2020-05-23T05:02:43Z

meet this in terminal 1.0 wsl2 ubuntu 18.04

hold ctrl + shift , use cursor to copy multiple lines. (I mean right click mouse to do quick copy)
paste in vscode or other editors , lose line break

PS:

make selections
ctrl + shift + c did copy the line breaks

JesusCoyotzi · 2020-05-27T15:00:06Z

Found this issue too
terminal 1.0

If I copy from terminal pasting preserves multiple lines. But If I am inside vim when copying and pasting the line breaks dissapear. Resulting in one long line.

My full environment is: Windows terminal, powershell, logged via ssh to a linux box that is running tmux and inside is running vim.

carlos-zamora · 2020-05-27T21:10:12Z

@JesusCoyotzi could you submit a new bug report here? Please include specific steps on how you performed the copy/paste and what you're running there. Sounds like a real issue but we should be tracking this in more detail separately.

zd3nik · 2023-01-09T20:49:37Z

I am on a new machine using Windows 11 and I'm experiencing this problem in the WSL console.

Open a WSL console
Do an ls or something to get multiple lines in the console
Select/Copy multiple lines
Paste into any text editor

The pasted text will be one line with spaces between the text that should be on separate lines.

NOTE: I have the Ctrl+Shift+C/V option enabled

zadjii-msft · 2023-01-09T21:03:15Z

@zd3nik That's by design for Ctrl+shift+c. See #65 (comment)

Copy-paste is significantly more reasonable and configurable in the Windows Terminal, I'd recommend that. Conhost's copy-paste is pretty significantly burdened by years of legacy behavior.

zd3nik · 2023-01-09T21:25:25Z

That's unfortunate. Because automatically copying whatever you select into the clipboard is.... not ideal. Especially when simply clicking somewhere in the terminal (say, to put focus on the terminal) highlights part of the terminal text (one character). So I'm constantly blowing whatever useful data I may have had in my clipboard whenever I click on a windows terminal window. Not ideal.

If the terminal was at least smart enough to only highlight when you "drag" the mouse pointer over part of the terminal instead, then it wouldn't be so detrimental to automatically put whatever you highlight into the clipboard.

zadjii-msft · 2023-01-10T14:59:29Z

@zd3nik I think you're confusing the vintage Windows Console (conhost.exe) and the modern Windows Terminal. Looking at that screenshot, those are the settings for conhost, not the Terminal. Copying in the console is pretty rachet, yea. But the experience is substantially better in the Terminal. We've already (like, two years ago) made adjustments to how selecting on a click/drag works, to be more like what you suggest. We've made what keys are used for copy/paste configurable, including whether or not a copy copies as a single line or not. I'd give that a try. Seeing as you're on Windows 11, the new Terminal comes with Windows 11, so it should be there already.

zd3nik · 2023-01-12T17:33:01Z

Thanks for the info @zadjii-msft. Is there a way to select which terminal is used for wsl? I'm just using the terminal that it opens when I launch my wsl console.

zadjii-msft · 2023-01-12T17:41:30Z

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Pasted text includes CRLF pairs where unneeded #1091

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Convert line breaks when pasting #1195

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WSL Ubuntu, cannot copy-paste correctly in nano or vim editor #1299

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Feature Request - Copy with newline #1621

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Copy and paste from the Windows Terminal doesn't include line breaks #1073

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