Basically anything I copy won’t paste into the app. The exception is when I copy a link from an app like YouTube and paste it directly into Connect. But if I paste the same link into a notes app and copy the url from there, nothing happens when I try to paste in Connect.

I’m on a Galaxy S9, Android version 10.

  • @[email protected]OP
    1•1 year ago

    More info:

    • happens on Connect and Liftoff but not Jerboa

    • no issues on any non-lemmy app

    • connected a Bluetooth keyboard and getting same issue with control+v, so appears to be an issue with the paste command, not the OS’s UI

    Edit: based on data so far, I suspect that plaintext is not working, but markdown is

    • noöne
      2•1 year ago

      Basically anything I copy won’t paste into the app. The exception is when I copy a link from an app like YouTube and paste it directly into Connect. But if I paste the same link into a notes app and copy the url from there, nothing happens when I try to paste in Connect.

      I’m on a Galaxy S9, Android version 10.

      Just copied your message from the post menu and posted in the text box.

      When I have paste issues, is almost always the keyboard app. Just a thought.

      • @[email protected]OP
        1•1 year ago

        Just copied your message from the post menu and posted in the text box.

        Yeah, it seems I can copy/paste from/to Connect just fine, just not from most other apps into Connect. It makes me wonder if Connect copies text as markdown, because one of the only other apps I can use to copy into Connect is Obsidian, which is a markdown-based notes application.

        I wish it was just the keyboard, but I swapped Samsung’s keyboard out for Google’s and still can’t paste. Honestly surprised it’s not a more common issue. I’ll keep trying things and post back here if anything changes. I can live with copying things into Obsidian before bringing them here as a workaround, but ideally we can find root cause, so future less tech-savvy users aren’t dissuaded from using lemmy.

        • noöne
          1•1 year ago

          I just posted and article into connect and it did have some weird NL CR behavior in a couple spots.

          Testing: from Megalodon (Mastodon)

          HOW TO SURVIVE THE HEATWAVE:

          1. Stay hydrated.
          2. Have an ice cream cone.
          3. Dismantle the fossil fuel industry which is literally burning the planet for the short term profit of a vanishingly small capitalist class.
          4. Wear loose clothing.

          Testing: From Whatsapp

          Still alive?

          Testing: from WPS Office

          Thank you so much for the response!

          Testing: from Joplin (also markdown based notes)

          Don’t Duck With paste. https://beehaw.org/comment/713529

          Hmmm. 🤷‍♂️

          I’m using Android 9.

          What’s your markdown setting set to? Mine is: