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Wayland clipboard copy doesn't populate primary clipboard selection #6110
Description
Description
When using opencode in Wayland environments with wl-clipboard, copying text via highlight selection or Ctrl+Y only populates the regular clipboard but not the primary clipboard. This prevents pasting to the host OS when using VMware Workstation, which only syncs the primary clipboard between guest and host.
Additional context:
- wl-clipboard version: 2.2.1
- In VMware Workstation, only the primary clipboard gets synced between guest and host OS
- The issue affects both the highlight-to-copy functionality and the Ctrl+Y explicit copy command
Proposed solution:
Add a configuration option to control clipboard behavior in Wayland environments:
{
"clipboard": {
"linux": {
"enablePrimaryCopy": true
}
}
}When enablePrimaryCopy is true, the Wayland copy method should execute both wl-copy and wl-copy --primary.
OpenCode version
v1.0.195
Steps to reproduce
- Run opencode TUI in a Wayland environment (Ubuntu 24.04)
- Highlight text and copy using Ctrl+Y or text selection
- In a terminal, check clipboard contents:
wl-paste(regular clipboard) - should show the copied text ✓wl-paste --primary(primary clipboard) - should show the copied text ✗
- Try to paste using middle-click (primary clipboard) - fails
- Try to paste using Ctrl+V (regular clipboard) - works
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Operating System
Ubuntu 24.04 (Gnome Wayland)
Terminal
ghostty v1.2.3
Activity
github-actions commentedon Dec 24, 2025
This issue might be a duplicate of existing issues. Please check:
These issues all relate to clipboard and copy/paste functionality on Linux/Wayland environments. Feel free to ignore if this is addressing a specific edge case not covered by the others.
mickalpine commentedon Jan 22, 2026
@rekram1-node I created a PR to solve this issue #6370
To enable primary clipboard copy it would be add to opencode config (default is false):
{ "clipboard": { "linux": { "enablePrimaryCopy": true } } }github-actions commentedon Mar 26, 2026
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