Inability to Paste Text from External Sources into Chat Panel about cursor

[vasco]

There are also use cases where you want to copy and paste text from internal sources that don't work (the Cmd + Shift + L is fantastic for several/most use cases but it doesn't replace the normal copy-past flow).

[navidkpr]

Hi,

Looking into this.

I haven't been able to reproduce this bug on my side yet.

There is an existing (non-deterministic) bug, where copy / paste stops working in chat, which usually is fixed if you restart cursor.

Does the issue persist if you restart cursor?

[MikeBirdTech]

Hi @navidkpr
I am experiencing the same issue. I am only able to paste once into the chat window and then it is unable to. If I run Developer: Reload Window it sometimes allows me to paste once, but sometimes not at all. I'm also unable to select text within chat generated code blocks. I can click the copy button to copy all of the text, but when I want a portion of it (for example, to exclude "...rest of your code...") it does not work.

Here's the about info:

Version: 0.29.1
VSCode Version: 1.86.2
Commit: a962ca5721e80876320cb6a3a500cbc1cf679150
Date: 2024-03-02T20:35:34.996Z
Electron: 27.2.3
ElectronBuildId: undefined
Chromium: 118.0.5993.159
Node.js: 18.17.1
V8: 11.8.172.18-electron.0
OS: Darwin arm64 23.3.0

[AlexanderPease]

Same issue. I love Cursor, but this makes it unusable. OSX 13.6.3.

Version: 0.29.1
VSCode Version: 1.86.2
Commit: a962ca5721e80876320cb6a3a500cbc1cf679150
Date: 2024-03-02T20:35:34.996Z
Electron: 27.2.3
ElectronBuildId: undefined
Chromium: 118.0.5993.159
Node.js: 18.17.1
V8: 11.8.172.18-electron.0
OS: Darwin arm64 22.6.0

[vasco]

It is just providing a quick update. It appears there's a UX problem. It seems that using Cmd+V triggers the same action as Cmd+Shift+L, causing the text block to end up outside the visible area.

I would prefer if Cmd+V pasted the text in the text area at the cursor position while retaining Cmd+Shift+L as is. This unusual behavior (not knowing if Cmd+V will work as a normal Cmd+V or if it will work as Cmd+Shift+L), makes me have to use external tools where I passed the code first, and then, from the external code tool, I copy the code to the cursor's prompt text field to ensure a normal Cmd+V operation.

@navidkpr Yes the issue persists after a restart, it has some relation with the number of lines you are copying (I observed that copying multiple lines leads to this problem).