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Cannot paste text in Firefox in WhatsApp web window

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SEJohnsen
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I use WhatsApp in a Firefox web window so that I can copy, paste, and type using my keyboard. Suddenly beginning last week Firefox will not let me paste in the WhatsApp web window.

dom.event.clipboardevents.enabled is TRUE I still have the same issue in safe mode Ctrl-V, Shift insert, Right click & Paste, Right click & paste without formatting are all disabled.

It is only Firefox that has a problem (I can use WhatsApp in Chrome without issue). So far, it is only in WhatsApp (where paste is most important to me) that I have a problem.

I have Firefox 116.0.3 64 bit, the latest version, running in Windows 11, which is up to date.

Any ideas?

I use WhatsApp in a Firefox web window so that I can copy, paste, and type using my keyboard. Suddenly beginning last week Firefox will not let me paste in the WhatsApp web window. dom.event.clipboardevents.enabled is TRUE I still have the same issue in safe mode Ctrl-V, Shift insert, Right click & Paste, Right click & paste without formatting are all disabled. It is only Firefox that has a problem (I can use WhatsApp in Chrome without issue). So far, it is only in WhatsApp (where paste is most important to me) that I have a problem. I have Firefox 116.0.3 64 bit, the latest version, running in Windows 11, which is up to date. Any ideas?

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cor-el
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Hi

WhatsApp has identified and fixed this problem, but the fix will be rolled out next Monday. See comment 12 and 13.

  • 1849150#c12 - Cannot paste text in WhatsApp on Firefox
James
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WhatsApp has fixed the bug according to https://github.com/webcompat/web-bugs/issues/125920