Roblox Player Breaks Copy & Paste

Bug Reports Engine Bugs
#1

Reproduction Steps
I am unable to reliably reproduce this issue; however, it only seems to occur after using copy and paste shortcuts within Roblox player.

System Information
This is the device information of the last person this occurred on. I have not yet experienced this issue on my new device; however, I have experienced it on previous devices. Multiple users have experienced this issue in the past, but I have never heard of it occurring on mobile.
Intel Core i7-8700K CPU @ 3.70GHz, 16GB, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti

Expected Behavior
Copy and paste functionalities should remain functional while Roblox player is running.

Actual Behavior
Upon using copy and paste shortcuts within player, copy and paste will occasionally break on the entire device. Attempting to copy/paste on any other application will have a nonfunctional result.

Workaround
In order to resolve the issue, Roblox player must be closed.

Issue Area: Engine
Issue Type: Other
Impact: High
Frequency: Sometimes
Date First Experienced: Extensive number of years
Date Last Experienced: 2023-03-02 00:03:00 (-05:00)

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#2

Copying something from the client also resolves the issue. (ex. text chat)

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#3

This has been happening for years. This is how I reproduce the issue:

  1. Open a roblox game.
  2. Put an image on the clipboard.
  3. Paste in roblox.

Now, copy and paste is broken everywhere on the computer until I copy and paste text from and inside roblox. Unsure if this also applies to roblox studio.

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#4

To add to this, I have experienced the issue just by copying and pasting text.

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#5

Thanks for the report! We’ll follow up when we have an update for you.

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#6

Could you please provide a video or some logs? We are having a hard time reproducing this.

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#7

Since this happens so infrequently and inconsistently, I’m unfortunately unable to provide video or logs at this time. When this next occurs, what specific logs would you like and how should I or others obtain them? Additionally, would these logs contain any private information that should be sent to you as a private message rather than on this post?

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#8

@bluebxrrybot Has some repro steps for an issue that is probably relevant. It seems to happen when there is non-text data on the clipboard and you try to paste into a Roblox textbox. It happens for default textboxes, and, I don’t remember if it happens in Studio, but as an example, it does happen in the chat textbox.

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#9

I know how to perfectly replicate this problem every time.

Here is the guide:

  1. Copy any image file, or take a screenshot that goes into your clipboard ([Windows Key + V] to enable).
  2. Go to the Roblox chat box and attempt to paste the image into said chat box.
  3. You will now find that your copy/paste has been broken.

At this point, the only options you have to fix this is to type into the chat and then copy that text, enter cmd /c"echo off|clip" in the command prompt, or close Roblox entirely.

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Copy-Paste breaking across the operating system (Windows 10)
Copy-Paste breaking across the operating system (Windows 10)
#11

I know I’m a bit very late to this, but this is still happening with copy paste not working every now and then

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#12

I have a similar issue as well. Sometimes when I try and paste into Discord, it just becomes a blank “image.png” that I can’t even send. Usually happens with Roblox open.

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#13

this bug is there since forever it happens randomly and its annoying (also annoying for you to fix it too because its very random and hard to reproduce)

here is what happens in short terms:

  1. you can’t copy paste text in any app/browser or anything
  2. once you copy paste text in roblox player it fixes itself and you can copy paste text in all apps

edit: Very important for you to know this bug also occured wayyy back before hyperion got added before voice chat and before all of that metaverse thing so i mean it when i say that this bug is very old

its not only you this bug is very common and it never got fixed since windows 10 and this bug still occurs on windows 11

#14

I genuinely thought I was the only one experiencing this issue and it was related to my device until I came across this thread. This issue is the most annoying Roblox issue for me since there’s no other way to fix it unless I restart my device, neither closing the Roblox player fixes it nor does restarting file explorer do. It also occurs frequently for me and it’s not very hard to reproduce it. Not even reinstalling Roblox or clean installing Windows fixes it. It’s just stuck with me forever. I really hope for someone to investigate this issue and fix it.

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#15

@Bakonowychlopak123 @ItzAidfoplays390
A previous reply provided further information on the issue, which you may find helpful.

#16

I already read what he posted and his solution is kind of stupid why would i open up my terminal and do all that

like i said you can just copy paste inside roblox player textbox and then the issue fixes itself without having to use cmd, powershell or whatever you are using as your windows terminal.