Pasting multiple items sometimes doesn't work

[UltimaBlaze]

Hi all,
sometimes when I try to paste multiple item stored into copyq, it pastes only few of them, or nothing at all. I have these five rows here coming from a word document:

• FIRE EXTINGUISHER BOTTLE PN XXXXXX SN XXXXXX – EASA Form 1
• ESCAPE SLIDE PN XXXXXX SN XXXXXX – EASA Form 1
• ESCAPE SLIDE PN XXXXXX SN XXXXXX – EASA Form 1
• MAIN AND AUX BATTERY PN XXXXXX -000 SN XXXXXX – EASA Form 1
• 90-DAYS DUKANE ULB PN XXXXXX SN XXXXXX – EASA Form 1
• PORTABLE OXY BOTTLE PN 9XXXXXX SN XXXXXX – EASA Form 1

when I copied each one of them individually, and then selected all of them into copyq, and then pasted them, and it only pastes the first line. I had other occurrences where it pasted only the first 5 items and not all 15 items. what am I doing wrong?

thank you for your time and help :)

[hluk]

How do you copy/paste the items? With Enter key after selecting the items? Do you override the Enter/Return shortcut (check it in Commands dialog - F6)?

[UltimaBlaze]

I usually select in the tab all the items I want to paste, then I press Enter. The shortcut is not replaced by any other command.
it is really strange, cause it seems related to the format to paste. now I have copied and split 1334 rows, and I successfully pasted with this method all of them, but it is not consistent. it seems to struggle with word file formats and PDF copy paste.

[hluk]

Can you check formats of the selected items (select an item and press F4) and clipboard content after Enter (Ctrl+Shift+C shows Clipboard Content dialog)?

Normally, if text items are selected, CopyQ puts concatenated item texts (separated by a line break) into the system clipboard before pasting (by sending Shift+Insert shortcut to the active window).

[UltimaBlaze]

I've followed your steps, I've created this Pdf with screenshots and a better explanation of the problem. everything seems related on a specific type of format.
troubleshooting.pdf

[hluk]

You can trim the extra character in the "Ignore HTML" command too.

For example, the following code would remove null characters (with code 0) and white-space from beginning and end:

// Remove any null characters from the text
const text = str(data(mimeText)).replace('\0', '').trim();
setData(mimeText, text);
copy(mimeText, text);

(This would replace the copy(mimeText, data(mimeText)) in the original command.)

[UltimaBlaze]

Thank you for the code! it works, I have a question though
Now everytime I copy something it gets "plain texted" and trimmed as intended, but sometime I need to keep the original format for immediate use (for example copy an excel cell with all its format to another cell).

for now what I've done is: I've removed the automatic activation of the script and enabled the button in menu. so I can copy all the text from the original file and keep the format for immediate use, and when I need the plain text, I can select the items and activate the command. There's a problem though: when I select more that one item, it merges them and replaces all the items with merged plain text version, instead of keeping them as separate converted items. If I use it on a single item, it works perfectly.

another question, do you think it's possible to keep the CTRL + C to copy without activating the script and to use CTRL+SHIFT + C to copy as plain text by activating the command?

Thank you and sorry for the amount of questions.

[hluk]

That is exactly what I often use: A custom action to copy an item as plain text, instead of having an automatic command that modifies the clipboard content to store.

There is a predefined command "Paste as Plain Text" for this (see the Add button in the Commands dialog). But you need to change it to remove the extra characters.

[UltimaBlaze]

thank you, easier said than done, I have no knowledge of scripting ^^'
I'm hitting my head on the wall to try to make it work, for now I have this:
copyq:
// converts to plain text
removeData(mimeHtml)
// Remove any null characters from the text
const text = str(data(mimeText)).replace('\0', '').trim();
setData(mimeText, text);
it works very well with single items, as it changes them and apply the trim, but if I select multiple items, it merges them and apply the merged version to all selected items. Actually I need to just "update" the selected items with their plain text + trimmed version.

[UltimaBlaze]

i believe I've found the solution, thanks to ChatGPT XD

copyq:
var items = selectedItemsData(); // array of Item objects
if (!items || items.length === 0) {
  popup('No items selected');
} else {
  for (var i = 0; i < items.length; ++i) {
    var it = items[i];
    var txt = str(it[mimeText] || '');
    txt = txt.replace(/\0/g, '').trim();

    if (it[mimeHtml] !== undefined) delete it[mimeHtml];
    it[mimeText] = txt;
    items[i] = it;
  }
  setSelectedItemsData(items);
  popup('Processed ' + items.length + ' item(s)');
}