Re: Ctrl+c Not Working
Phyllis Sterlin
Last week I used Ctrl C to copy a line of text from a web page into a non-AutoCAD app. I did that successfully, but when I went back to AutoCAD LT that text was stuck on the clipboard. I went into Windows and manually cleared the clipboard, but when I went back to AutoCAD Ctrl C no longer worked. Additionally, I have lost the ability to select an element and use the properties menu on the ribbon to change a property. I can select an element, but when I try to make the change, the element is deselected. Ctrl C works on non-AutoCAD apps. I needed to upgrade to AutoCAD LT 2022, so I did that, thinking maybe something was currupted, but the problem persists.
Copyclip is working, but in a different way than it was previously. I used to click on an object and then do Ctrl C. Now I have to hit Ctrl C (I'm prompted to select an object) then click on the object. Ctrl V works fine after that.
I am also having an issue with changing properties. If I select an object then go to the ribbon, as soon as I try to pick a changed property off of the pulldown, the object is deselected. There are no command line changes indicating a selection.
Had one of these cases today. Typing in the commands COPYCLIP and PASTECLIP or executing them from the context menu worked fine, but the keyboard shortcuts did not work. Actually Ctrl+C executed "cancel" and Ctrl+V did nothing.
Ended up having to MAKE the shortcuts in the CUI, which shouldn't be necessary. I will add that this ACAD install had 3rd party add-ons that have done who knows what. But in any case, maybe this will help someone down the road.
I use Excel regularly, but yesterday my Ctrl C and Ctrl V (copy/paste) were not working. It just puts a small c or small v in the spreadsheet instead of what I am trying to copy and paste. I googled this to death, and tried a few of the suggestions, but nothing is working. I just downloaded a newer version of Excel, thinking that might help, but everything is the same.
@mathetes, thanks for the answer! Yes, I have rebooted the computer several times and the problem also existed in Word. I also updated the drivers (they were already updated). What I ended up doing, and it seems to have fixed it for now, is I completely uninstalled my keyboard and then reinstalled all of the software, including the drivers, and it seems to work. I appreciate your advice. Thank you.
I used to teach diagnostic thinking to scientists and engineers. One of the first step when you encounter a deviation from the norm is to get a complete description of what's happening, where it's happening, when it's happening AND, significantly, where it's NOT happening but might, when it's NOT happening but might.
In your case, that's why my first question was whether it was happening in Word/Power Point. That list could have included other software you might be running.
Because as soon as it's clear that those keyboard shortcuts are not working in any of the Office suite of products, it becomes clear that it's not an "Excel problem" but that the cause has to be located elsewhere in the system.
Finding a cause is potentially a lot more complicated than that.....I've had instances where a device goes haywire after a period of time, say three hours; works fine until then.... or a TV that scrambles the image on some channels but not others....
The goal at the start of Diagnostic Thinking is to describe the symptoms as thoroughly as you can so as to eliminate possible causes (hypotheses) that don't fit the symptoms. In this case, once you know the problem manifests itself outside of Excel, you've raises serious questions as to whether Excel could be the cause.
All to say, next time you experience some deviation from expectations, do some quick tests with comparable programs or situations to see where the boundaries are between what's happening and what isn't.
I'd try in safe mode (Win+R - > excel /safe). If works in it, that's some add-in, try to disable them one by one. That also could be some third party external software installed on computer, but here is only to google if you find something similar. Perhaps repair/reinstall of Office could help.
I've come across this several times, ctrl-c randomly does not copy. I think it's caused by javascript or maybe some odd html syntax. I never spent the time to track down what caused it. Anyone know the typical/common causes of ctrl-c not working (to copy) on a website?
Just to clarify, I'm not interested in preventing copying. I'm trying to do the opposite, occasionally I find I've done something that is preventing ctrl-c from copying text, and that is not very user friendly on a text heavy site.
I found something here... above link will teach you how to prevent people from right clicking on your website, thus making it more difficult for someone to right click and copy for instance. Please be aware though that there are many ways people can steal content from your site and implementing something like the link above suggests will only prevent the most novice users from making any progress.
As far as accidentally breaking ctrl+c, it could be an issue with overlapping content divs in some browsers. With some browsers you can prevent text from being selected entirely by placing an invisible div on top of the content.
My Copy Properties shortcut (Ctrl + Alt + C) was working beautifully, then suddenly stopped working. I have searched for answers in the community, but none of the answers seem to work. I have updated Figma and tried to find if any plugins were interfering too.
Recently I can no longer simply use CTRL "C" CTRL "V" to copy text from a PDF I have previously created to an Excel Spreadsheet. The only work around I have found is to select the text within the PDF, Right Click, Select "Copy with Formatting".
Hi @James5E8A
Hope you are doing well and sorry to hear that
Is this an issue with a particular PDF file or with all the PDFs? Please try with a different PDF file and check. If the file is stored on a shared network/drive please download it to your computer locally and then try again.
I tried to reproduce the issue at my end and it working fine.
What is the version of the Acrobat DC you are using? To check the version go to Help > About Acrobat and make sure you have the recent version 23.03.20269 installed. Go to Help > Check for updates and reboot the computer once.
Also try to repair the installation from the help menu (Win Only) and see if that works.
Please try to reset the Acrobat preferences as described here -discussions/how-to-reset-acrobat-preference-settings-to-defau...
You may also try to create a new test user profile with full admin rights in Win or enable the root account in MAC and try using the application there and check.
1. Repair the installation from the help menu (Win Only)
2. Reset the Acrobat preferences as described here -discussions/how-to-reset-acrobat-preference-settings-to-defau...
3. Create a new test user profile with full admin rights in Win or enable the root account in MAC and try using the application there and check.
i've recently noticed that neither ctrl-c nor ctrl-d will stop (break) a running process anymore. what's more, this is happening on 2 different computers (iMac & MB Air), leading me to think it's some sort of iCloud sync thing, but i have no idea what it might be.
i cannot recall installing anything new over the past couple weeks, but as i understand it, if there were something that had hijacked these commands, the stty -a would show this, but as you can see, it says that both Z & C are allocated to the correct commands (suspend & interrupt, respectively).
Nope, that just tells us that a 'hardware issue' unlikely. I've tried several OS X 10.10.3 installations that you haven't touched and all of them have ctrl-C ctrl-Z commands working in Terminal.app in the conventional way. I think that you are mistakenly assuming that the problem is the operating system, not something you've installed or done.
The fact that it worked in Safe Mode, is a strong indication that one of those many 3rd party editions EtreCheck is showing, is interfering with the Terminal's Control-C and Control-Z keys. Maybe they are being stolen.
but now the question: does rebooting in safe mode do any sort of repair action?? because after safe mode, both laptop and iMac Terminal processes recognize the CTRL commands C & Z. ... it cannot be just the restart action, because both have been restarted more than once since this happened.
as a follow-up note, BobHarris, i never use that Parallels. i had a colleague install his version on this iMac when i got it "just in case", but i've never had to use it. it was a valid question though. all that PC ctrl key business made googling this problem a nightmare.
This issue does not seem to be resolved and I am perplexed if this is intended behavior or an issue that has not been fixed. Basically if you have a streamlit app running and close the browser, trying to stop the app with ctrl+c does not work.
I can confirm this behavior. When I close the browser tab, the terminal no longer responds to Ctrl+C, I have to kill the process or close the terminal session.
However, if I remember correctly, this behavior only occurs under Windows.
These are my boundary conditions: Windows 10, Firefox, cmder terminal, Streamlit 1.19.0
I have not tried other browsers or other terminals.
I can also confirm. windows 11. finally I had multiple situations the app closing immediately starts if you CTR+click again on the localhost link to start the app again after closing the browser. So at least there is a workaround vs waiting atm.
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