Cannot Paste Text in VS Code

[jvesouza]

Type: Bug

I am unable to paste text into the VS Code editor. I can copy text (Ctrl+C) and paste it into other applications, but pasting into the same editor or another editor within VS Code does not work.

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Open VS Code.
2. Copy any text (Ctrl+C ).
3. Try to paste it into the same editor or another editor in VS Code (Ctrl+V).
4. The text does not paste, but it works in other applications.

Expected Behavior:
The copied text should be pasted into the VS Code editor.

Actual Behavior:
The text does not paste in VS Code, but it pastes correctly in other applications.

Since I am blind, I am running VS Code with Orca as my screen reader, although I don't believe it is the cause of the problem.

VS Code version: Code - Insiders 1.97.0-insider (63c0355, 2025-01-30T05:04:51.529Z)
OS version: Linux x64 6.12.10-200.fc41.x86_64
Modes:

System Info

Item	Value
CPUs	13th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-1355U (12 x 2648)
GPU Status	2d_canvas: enabled canvas_oop_rasterization: enabled_on direct_rendering_display_compositor: disabled_off_ok gpu_compositing: enabled multiple_raster_threads: enabled_on opengl: enabled_on rasterization: enabled raw_draw: disabled_off_ok skia_graphite: disabled_off video_decode: enabled video_encode: disabled_software vulkan: disabled_off webgl: enabled webgl2: enabled webgpu: disabled_off webnn: disabled_off
Load (avg)	1, 1, 1
Memory (System)	15.30GB (5.94GB free)
Process Argv	-n . --crash-reporter-id afcda3b7-1a8b-48e9-b85a-87744ceb1009
Screen Reader	yes
VM	0%
DESKTOP_SESSION	mate
XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP	MATE
XDG_SESSION_DESKTOP	mate
XDG_SESSION_TYPE	x11

Extensions (44)

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vscode-commander	ms-	0.2.0
vsliveshare	ms-	1.0.5948
sql-developer	Ora	24.4.1
java	red	1.39.0
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cmake	twx	0.0.17
intellicode-api-usage-examples	Vis	0.2.9
vscodeintellicode	Vis	1.3.2
vscode-boot-dev-pack	vmw	0.2.2
vscode-spring-boot	vmw	1.59.0
vscode-gradle	vsc	3.16.2024111106
vscode-java-debug	vsc	0.58.1
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vscode-java-test	vsc	0.43.0
vscode-maven	vsc	0.44.2024072906
vscode-spring-boot-dashboard	vsc	0.14.0
vscode-spring-initializr	vsc	0.11.2

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[albertosantini]

See #238609

[deepak1556]

Hi this is related to edit context #239319

The workaround is to disable the setting editor.experimentalEditContextEnabled

[jvesouza]

Works fine, thanks.

[aiday-mar]

Hi @jvesouza thank you for commenting. As @deepak1556 has suggested a workaround, I will close this issue. My apologies for the bug.