PM 25.6: Can not COPY (or Paste) in Google Spreadsheets

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SfdudePM

PM 25.6: Can not COPY (or Paste) in Google Spreadsheets

Unread post by SfdudePM » 2015-08-19, 18:31

Hi all!

Problem:
PM 25.6/Ubuntu Linux 12.04:
Can not COPY (or PASTE) cell contents
in any Google Spreadsheet. :shock:

Nothing gets copied to Clipboard...

+info:
1 - copy and paste works 100% fine in latest FF browser.
2 - restarted PM 25.6 with no addons...same exact problem.
3 - problem happens in ANY Google Spreadsheet (mine or public)
4 - Copy and Paste works ok in Gmail and other Google sites...

Here's a public Google spreadsheet example...
(try to copy some cell contents
and paste to another cell - or - to a text editor...)
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ ... li=1#gid=0
short URL: https://goo.gl/urKlzc

Does it work for you?
SfdudePM
- Pale Moon 25.6.0 and FF 40
- Ubuntu Linux 12.04 (32-bit) LTS
- Samsung Tablet Galaxy Tab3 / Android 4.2.2

SvenG

Re: PM 25.6: Can not COPY (or Paste) in Google Spreadsheets

Unread post by SvenG » 2015-08-19, 19:11

No problem copying stuff from that spreadsheet, there seems to be a problem with the context menu, that conflicts with Pale Moons context menu but marking a cell or several cells, copying them using CTRL+C and pasting them into a text editor was no problem.

SfdudePM

Re: PM 25.6: Can not COPY (or Paste) in Google Spreadsheets

Unread post by SfdudePM » 2015-08-19, 19:16

Thanks f/that quick reply, Sven.

CTRL+C cell content
and pasting into a text editor (or another GSS cell)
doesn't work in my PM.
(=clipboard empty...).

Same using the copy in the GSS "Edit" menu.

Hmm...I wonder what else I can try
to Copy & Paste in the GSS...

Any suggestions?

martywd

Re: PM 25.6: Can not COPY (or Paste) in Google Spreadsheets

Unread post by martywd » 2015-08-19, 20:32

SvenG wrote:No problem copying stuff from that spreadsheet, there seems to be a problem with the context menu, that conflicts with Pale Moons context menu but marking a cell or several cells, copying them using CTRL+C and pasting them into a text editor was no problem.
Same here. I.e., I'm not having any 'copy/paste/...etc.' issues either in google docs. With a couple caveats...

As far a I know(?) 'doc.google.com' is deprecated. Google prefers users use: https://drive.google.com/ .

Also. I'm running a couple of useragent overrides in PM in reference to google...
string name 0:

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general.useragent.override.drive.google.com
string value 0:

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Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:33.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/33.0 (Pale Moon)
.....

string name 1:

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general.useragent.override.encrypted.google.com
string value 1:

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Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:33.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/33.0 (Pale Moon)
At this point I honestly cannot remember why I added these overrides, though?

(Pale Moon Linux x86_64; rv:25.6
Linux Mint 17.2 Rafaela)
.

SfdudePM

Re: PM 25.6: Can not COPY (or Paste) in Google Spreadsheets

Unread post by SfdudePM » 2015-08-19, 20:39

Thanks f/the suggestions, Marty.

1) Tried:
https://drive.google.com/
but it still defaults to: docs.google.com...

2) Ok - the User Agent strings are in about:config
Will try that (carefully),
and report in a while
if it helped w/the GSS copy/paste problem in PaleMoon...

SfdudePM

Re: PM 25.6: Can not COPY (or Paste) in Google Spreadsheets

Unread post by SfdudePM » 2015-08-19, 21:14

OK - I added these 2 Name/Strings (as suggested),
via about:config:

general.useragent.override.drive.google.com
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:33.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/33.0 (Pale Moon)
and:
general.useragent.override.encrypted.google.com
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:33.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/33.0 (Pale Moon)

logged out and back in to Google.

Result:
Unfortunately, this did not help
with the Google SS Copy/Paste problem in PM,
so I Removed/Deleted
these 2 entries just added via about: config.

Any other ideas/suggestions/pointers
from my fellow Palemooners?

Hey! Google is the company that brought us
driverless cars
...surely we can make the Copy & Paste work in their spreadsheets in Pale Moon. :lol:
Last edited by SfdudePM on 2015-08-19, 21:36, edited 3 times in total.

martywd

Re: PM 25.6: Can not COPY (or Paste) in Google Spreadsheets

Unread post by martywd » 2015-08-19, 21:30

SfdudePM wrote:I added these 2 Name/Strings
via about:config:
....
Result:
this did not help with the Google SS Copy/Paste problem in PM.
That sucks. I must have them there then for some other issue?
Additional Question:
how do I now Remove/Delete
these 2 entries I just added via about: config ?
Do:

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about:config
again.

Then do a search for:

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useragent.override.
Right-click on each of the string entries you want to remove and select 'Reset' in the context menu. On restart of Pale Moon they will be gone.

Be careful with that 'Reset' option!


.

SfdudePM

Re: PM 25.6: Can not COPY (or Paste) in Google Spreadsheets

Unread post by SfdudePM » 2015-08-19, 21:34

Thanks Marty.
That's exactly what I just did (VERY carefully!).

See my post above...

martywd

Re: PM 25.6: Can not COPY (or Paste) in Google Spreadsheets

Unread post by martywd » 2015-08-19, 22:37

SfdudePM wrote:...

Hey! Google is the company that brought us
driverless cars
...surely we can make the Copy & Paste work in their spreadsheets in Pale Moon. :lol:
Good luck with that. Google is pretty unresponsive to 'helping'... especially 'other browsers'.
Any other ideas/suggestions/pointers
from my fellow Palemooners?
Next suspect would be an installed extension(s) which might be causing of your issue.

First thing you could do is start Pale Moon in 'safe-mode', log into google and try the Copy/Cut/Paste again...

In a terminal window:

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palemoon -safe-mode
If copy/cut/paste starts to work, then re-start Pale Moon as you normally would do and start disabling extensions in your default profile ...

Or try a 'clean' profile. Again in a terminal window:

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palemoon -ProfileManager
If copy/cut/paste... works for you (in google docs) in a clean profile, start installing the extensions you use, one-by-one, until (?) something breaks the copy/cut/paste...

That's about all I can think of? Unless someone else here in the forums has also run into this issue with google docs ... and a workaround?
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SfdudePM

Re: PM 25.6: Can not COPY (or Paste) in Google Spreadsheets

Unread post by SfdudePM » 2015-08-19, 23:13

Yes, I did start PM in "Safe Mode", (all addons disabled).
But that didn't help.
So, it's not an addon...

What is baffling,
it works perfectly in Firefox!

I agree with you
about the Googlian level of cooperation.
Not good.

Anyhow, thanks again, Marty.
Let's hope somebody else chimes in later!

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