Why Is Ctrl V Not Working

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However, isn't it odd that both CTRL keys stopped working at the same time. And, it seems that randomly and rarely, they work! Ever once in a while I'll try CTRL-C and it works!

However the shortcuts as Ctrl + C, Ctrl + V, Ctrl + X don't work at all. This is the case in all programmes including word, Excel and Firefox. Ctrl + Insert and Shift + Insert do work for copy and paste function but frankly they are far less convenient. Sep 25, 2018 - Many Windows users are recently reporting an issue with their keyboard. What happens is their Control-C command is not working properly.

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commented Jul 25, 2016

Using Ctrl-C, Ctrl-V on my Windows 10 box doesn't work as expected, however I note, it does work on Mac.

On Windows, pressing Ctrl-C in the terminal does not update the clipboard, while Pressing Ctrl-V displays '^V'. The word-around is use the menu options, but this becomes a drag after a while. It'd be great if this could be fixed.

Thanks, and keep up the great work!

commented Sep 5, 2016

+1 same on Linux, please make Ctrl-Shift-C and Ctrl-Shift-V for copy pasting

commented Sep 6, 2016

I swear this was working on my Mac a while back but maybe that was terminal-plus which no longer works at all. But Cmd-C and Cmd-V are not working in macOS either.

commented Sep 10, 2016

Ctrl+C is probably a bad idea for it'll send an interrupt but Ctrl+Shift+C / V sounds good. I'd say alt is better than shift (alt = alternative) but the keycombo seems harder to type.

commented Oct 7, 2016

Ctrl c not working windows 8

Same issue as @pelted - I swear it was working as early as a few weeks ago. Maybe an Atom update nuked it?

commented Nov 7, 2016

Any progress on this?

commented Nov 7, 2016

@blcarson I know this sounds kind of stupid, but I had a an entire bug report written up before I thought to check this. Do you have keybindings enabled for the package? Turning keybindings on fixed the same problem for me. If that's not the problem, I would create a new issue, as this one's specifically referencing the fact that copy and paste aren't supported on Windows.

commented Jun 20, 2017

i was experiencing the same problem when trying on windows 10.
@blcarson,@blogscot or anybody is it solved or has found any workaround for it ?

commented Jul 26, 2017

I can't believe is so hard to find an easy fix for this issue.

The most important feature for any terminal shell - after running the actual script - is to have keyboard shortcuts for copy and pasting. They are vital.

I wouldn't use a terminal in the first place, i was not comfortable with the keyboard. Forcing me to use the mouse or menu drop-downs is against this hole terminal idea. It's a terminal shell or it's a UI ? ..
For copy and pasting Ctrl+Swif+C, Ctr+V works for me.

Is there a technical limitation? What specific challenges we have in implementing this functionality?
Thanks :)

commented Feb 6, 2019

This is fixed a while back and better with 2.9.0

Ctrl+c Not Working In Word 2013

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