wsl Terminal does not accept copying from windows history prompt directly #7582

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opened 2026-01-31 01:07:48 +00:00 by claunia · 1 comment
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Originally created by @bwoebi on GitHub (Apr 23, 2020).

Environment

Windows build number: 10.0.18363.0
Windows Terminal version: 0.11.1121.0

Steps to reproduce

Start a wsl Terminal instance having "commandline" : "wsl.exe -d Ubuntu-18.04" configured in the profile settings. (same happens for cmd.exe)
Press Win+V. Click on an entry of the appearing clipboard history popup.

Expected behavior

It should paste the contents on the shell, like it already happens for powershell.

Actual behavior

In wsl: nothing is pasted. The contents are transferred to the internal clipboard, but not pasted.
In powershell: the contents are pasted (as expected).
In cmd: ^V is displayed at the current cursor position. The contents are transferred to the internal clipboard, but not pasted.

Obviously, pressing right click to paste it afterwards works as expected. This only affects direct pasting from the windows history.

Originally created by @bwoebi on GitHub (Apr 23, 2020). # Environment ```none Windows build number: 10.0.18363.0 Windows Terminal version: 0.11.1121.0 ``` # Steps to reproduce Start a wsl Terminal instance having `"commandline" : "wsl.exe -d Ubuntu-18.04"` configured in the profile settings. (same happens for cmd.exe) Press Win+V. Click on an entry of the appearing clipboard history popup. # Expected behavior It should paste the contents on the shell, like it already happens for powershell. # Actual behavior In wsl: nothing is pasted. The contents are transferred to the internal clipboard, but not pasted. In powershell: the contents are pasted (as expected). In cmd: `^V` is displayed at the current cursor position. The contents are transferred to the internal clipboard, but not pasted. Obviously, pressing right click to paste it afterwards works as expected. This only affects direct pasting from the windows history.
claunia added the Needs-TriageNeeds-Tag-Fix labels 2026-01-31 01:07:48 +00:00
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@bwoebi commented on GitHub (Apr 23, 2020):

Self-closing it as duplicate of #322 - Did not find it at first :-/

@bwoebi commented on GitHub (Apr 23, 2020): Self-closing it as duplicate of #322 - Did not find it at first :-/
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Reference: starred/terminal#7582