From 1e5da933a4ef2c5de8ca711215918e9f3ff9df3e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rodrigo Arias Mallo <rodarima@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 6 May 2025 23:46:26 +0200
Subject: Copy links to clipboard selection too

Selecting text in the page copies only to the primary selection. Copying
links via the context menu now places the URL both in the primary and
clipboard selections so it can also be pasted with Ctrl+V.

See: https://github.com/dillo-browser/dillo/issues/228
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 doc/user_help.in.html | 23 +++++++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

(limited to 'doc')

diff --git a/doc/user_help.in.html b/doc/user_help.in.html
index 9fba7770..48b39669 100644
--- a/doc/user_help.in.html
+++ b/doc/user_help.in.html
@@ -241,16 +241,27 @@ ESC.
 
 <h3 id="copy-and-paste">Copy and paste</h3>
 <p>
-To copy some text just hold down the left mouse button and move to select the
-area to copy. To paste, go to the target application and press the middle mouse
-button.
+Dillo uses the Primary and Clipboard selections to copy and paste text. The
+Primary selection captures text that gets selected as soon as the left button is
+released, while to copy it in the Clipboard selection it requires the usual
+Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V shortcut.
+<p>
+To copy some text in the Primary selection just hold down the left mouse button
+and move to select the area to copy. To paste, go to the target application and
+press the middle mouse button. Currently it is not possible to copy the
+selection to the Clipboard via Ctrl+C.
 <p>
 If you want to select more than one screen, hold the mouse left button down and
 scroll with PgUp, PgDn or the arrow keys.
-<P>
-If you want to paste an URL into Dillo, do it on the "clear-URL"
-button (the "X" next to the <a href="#location-bar">location bar</a>).
 <p>
+When a link is copied from the context menu, it is placed both in the Primary
+and Clipboard selections, so you can paste the URL with the middle click or with
+Ctrl+V.
+<p>
+If you want to paste an URL into Dillo from the Primary selection, do it on the
+"clear-URL" button (the "X" next to the <a href="#location-bar">location
+bar</a>) and the URL will be opened as well. You can also paste the URL using
+the Clipboard by using the Ctrl+V shortcut then pressing Enter to visit it.
 
 <h3 id="zoom">Zoom</h3>
 <p>
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