Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V don't work in the Linux Steam client

[Sofox]

Right clicking and using the menu to either copy or paste works fine, but the keyboard shortcuts for the commands (Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V) don't seem to work.

For instance, in order to copy my machine specs from a previous post, I had to use the menu rather than using the keyboard shortcuts.

I'm running Ubuntu 12.04, a Radeon HD 4800, an Intel® Core™2 Quad CPU Q6700 @ 2.66GHz × 4 , and a 32 bit system.

[MAGA 2020]

I have this problem too. Also for me, Ctrl+X and Ctrl+Z doesn't work, and Ctrl+A does.

Processor Information:
    Vendor:  GenuineIntel
    Speed: 2201 Mhz
    8 logical processors
    4 physical processors
    HyperThreading:  Supported
    FCMOV:  Supported
    SSE2:  Supported
    SSE3:  Supported
    SSSE3:  Supported
    SSE4a:  Unsupported
    SSE41:  Supported
    SSE42:  Supported
    
Network Information:
    Network Speed:  
    
Operating System Version:
    Ubuntu 12.10 (64 bit)
    Kernel Name:  Linux
    Kernel Version:  3.5.0-18-generic
    X Server vendor:  The X.Org Foundation
    X Server release:  11300000
    
Video Card:
    Driver:  NVIDIA Corporation GeForce GT 550M/PCIe/SSE2

    Driver Version:  4.2.0 NVIDIA 304.64
    Desktop Color Depth: 24 bits per pixel
    Monitor Refresh Rate: 59 Hz
    VendorID:  0x10de
    DeviceID:  0xdf6
    Number of Monitors:  1
    Number of Logical Video Cards:  2
    Primary Display Resolution:  1366 x 768
    Desktop Resolution: 1366 x 768
    Primary Display Size: 13.54" x 7.60"  (15.51" diag)
                                            34.4cm x 19.3cm  (39.4cm diag)
    Primary VRAM: 2047 MB
    
Sound card:
    Audio device: Intel CougarPoint HDMI
    
Memory:
    RAM:  7890 Mb
    
Miscellaneous:
    UI Language:  English
    LANG:  en_US.UTF-8
    Microphone:  Not set
    Total Hard Disk Space Available:  28805 Mb
    Largest Free Hard Disk Block:  3517 Mb

[b3nj4m]

I've also found that if I copy something from another program (e.g. gnome-terminal), when I right-click on an input field in Steam, it immediately pastes whatever I copied before opening the context menu. However, using the paste option in the context menu does not paste anything that I copy from other programs.

[aka]

Something must be about getting a proper focus.

[LinuxFanatic[Russia]]

I confirm this problem.

[drpaneas]

+1
Sometime works, sometimes not. Mostly it doesn't work.

[Barnaby]

For me, copy/paste works with the shortcuts. But its a little odd, I copy something, then go into steam, paste, but it pastes what I had copied previously. Then when I undo then paste it again, it pastes the most recent copy.

[[WOLF] Eversmann]

I tried to redeem some keys from the humble bundles i've bought and worked for me. i'm on Kubuntu 12.10. It's true that clicking in the window couldn't get the focus at first, but clicking again gain it and the paste part works.

In KDE i use the default clipboard manager so maybe that helps.

[roflkatamari]

For me it works but in a weird way. Sometimes when I hit C-v after copying from another window I get the last thing I pasted in Steam. When I do a paste second time I get what I'm supposed to get.

[dimgel]

Confirmed, Gentoo/amd64, KDE 4.9.3. Ctrl+C, Ctrl+X, Ctrl+V don't work, Ctrl+Ins, Shift+Del, Shift+Ins work.

[yurandedan]

Confirmed too.

[DaVince]

See http://steamcommunity.com/app/221410/discussions/1/846938350782052038/ and http://steamcommunity.com/app/221410/discussions/1/846938350856196819/

[AsciiWolf]

Yep, confirmed. 64bit Gentoo, Gnome 2.32.
Sometimes it works, sometimes not...

[iNinja]

Mint MATE. Keyboard and right click menu seem to work but select + paste [wheel click] doesn't. Anybody else getting this?

[Swiftpaw]

iNinja eredeti hozzászólása:

Mint MATE. Keyboard and right click menu seem to work but select + paste [wheel click] doesn't. Anybody else getting this?

Yes, no copy/paste works yet except for when using the right click Steam menu. Both control+* keys as well as the highlight and middle mouse click copy buffers do not work.

[ÆNIMA]

I seem to be having a similar issue... sometimes when I Ctrl +v something into the chat window it will paste the correct thing, but other times it pastes the previous thing that was copied to the clipboard. Doesn't really seem to be a pattern to it. When you paste a second time, it pastes the correct item. Ubuntu 12.10 x64 here....