Bug 1204861

Summary: [gnome-shell] copy and paste with middle mouse button is not working in GNOME Terminal
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Joachim Frieben <jfrieben>
Component: gnome-shellAssignee: Owen Taylor <otaylor>
Status: CLOSED NOTABUG QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version: 22CC: andrew.stiegmann, fedora, fmuellner, otaylor
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Description Joachim Frieben 2015-03-23 16:11:31 UTC 
Description of problem:
As of current Fedora 22, copy and paste with the middle mouse button is not working in GNOME Terminal.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
gnome-shell-3.15.92-2.fc22

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Login to GNOME Wayland session.
2. Launch gnome-terminal.
3. Type some characters.
4. Select characters with mouse.
5. Press middle mouse button.

Actual results:
None.

Expected results:
Selected characters get pasted in gnome-terminal.

Additional info:
- This only happens in a GNOME Wayland session.
- Keyboard shortcut is working.
- Video chip is an AMD RV620.
Comment 1 Joachim Frieben 2015-04-20 14:54:13 UTC 
Still broken in gnome-shell-3.16.1-1.fc22.
Comment 2 Joachim Frieben 2015-05-19 18:07:33 UTC 
Still broken in gnome-shell-3.16.2-1.fc22.
Comment 3 Florian Müllner 2015-05-20 15:07:12 UTC 
The selection buffer is an X-specific concept that does not exist in the wayland protocol.
Comment 4 Joachim Frieben 2015-05-21 10:14:30 UTC 
(In reply to Florian Müllner from comment #3)
However, copy and paste with the middle mouse button works correctly for Fedora 21 during a wayland session. So, this looks like a regression to me.
Comment 5 Florian Müllner 2015-05-21 10:17:35 UTC 
(In reply to Joachim Frieben from comment #4)
> (In reply to Florian Müllner from comment #3)
> However, copy and paste with the middle mouse button works correctly for
> Fedora 21 during a wayland session.

In Fedora 21, applications were still using the X backend by default, even in a wayland session.
Comment 6 Zoe Cooper 2026-06-25 09:58:33 UTC Comment hidden (spam)