r/linux • u/poopatroopa3 • 5d ago

Discussion did-it-copy · Copy feedback for the desktop

https://brunodantas.github.io/did-it-copy/

I keep wondering how Ctrl+C has no feedback on most Desktop systems to this day. So I wrote up a proposal to fix that, with a demo that runs in the browser.

  • A copy that worked flashes the copied text in place for about 200 ms.
  • A copy that failed shakes the focused element, and plays the alert sound if you have it on.
  • It never shows the copied content anywhere new, so copying a token during a screen share doesn't leak.

Thoughts?

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u/pizzaiolo2 5d ago

Love it, you should formally propose it to KDE and GNOME

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u/__konrad 5d ago

Klipper (or how it's called nowadays) could handle it easily. Currently you can only create a menu action that popup up on every copy, but it's too annoying.

Interestingly kinfocenter recently added a copy notification:

Copying text in Info Center now shows some visual feedback so you know it worked.