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SAS OnDemand Studio editor separate clipboard

lkoomen_fin — Fri, 07 May 2021 13:46:40 GMT

Hi,

I have been using SAS Studio via SAS OnDemand and have an issue with copy and pasting into the editor.The problem is that command+V and the paste button in the webapp appear to use a separate clipboard.

A minimum example:

Copy some text from outside the SAS Studio editor using CTRL+C or COMMAND+C, for instance 'text_external'
Copy some text from inside the SAS Studio editor using the copy-button, for instance 'text_internal'
Paste text into the editor using CTRL+V or COMMAND+V
Paste text into the editor using the paste-button

At my end step 3 results in 'text_external', while step 4 results in 'text_internal'. So it seems there are two separate clipboards, which is confusing behavior.

Anyone else with this problem?

Kind regards.

Re: SAS OnDemand Studio editor separate clipboard

snoopy369 — Fri, 07 May 2021 14:33:26 GMT

This is a known behavior, and in fact Studio should warn you about it the first time you do a copy.

Re: SAS OnDemand Studio editor separate clipboard

lkoomen_fin — Tue, 11 May 2021 08:27:23 GMT

You are totally right, I did receive a warning about this. As such it is expected behavior and not a bug.

My question then becomes why this is the way it is and whether people share my opinion that is should be changed to a single clipboard. I feel it shouldn't be such a technical issue to implement and the behavior is odd and at times annoying.