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Text selection stopped working (text is unselected when I let go the key)

#1

After system upgrade (details below) selection stopped working in my Sublime (3211), when I try to select text with mouse (or any other way, CTRL+A. etc) and let go the button/key, text is un-selected.

I have tried to start Sublime fresh, without any plugins - same issue.

I am not sure if it is related, but it happened after Plasma upgrade (5.17 to 5.18), I know sublime is using GTK, but I haven’t updated anything GTK related. Also, there is no such issue with other GTK applications.

Is there anything I can do to debug this issue further? I tried to look for similar issues.

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#2

Have you tried Reverting to a freshly installed state ?

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#3

Yes, same issue.

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#4

To me it sounds like something is eating the primary pasteboard as soon as it’s updated. Does this also happen in the save dialog? Which other GTK applications have you tried?

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#5

@bschaaf I tried Firefox, Thunderbird, VSCodium - all work fine. Yes, it happens with save dialog!

edit. Thanks @bschaaf

Ok found it, it is Plasma’s fault, if someone will have same issue as me, set your Plasma clipboard to size higher than 1 - https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=417729.

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#6

Non-browser GTK applications like gedit and gnome-terminal generally clear their selection when the primary pasteboard is changed. Firefox/chrome don’t do this for some reason. Future versions of sublime won’t clear the selection when the primary pasteboard is changed, falling in line with firefox/chrome.

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#7

And most other editors, one might add.

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