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What is the "clipboard.plainTextOnly" (false/true)option?

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Piotr
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Hi

What is the "clipboard.plainTextOnly" (false/true)option in Firefox/Thunderbird?

Please help me.

Hi What is the "clipboard.plainTextOnly" (false/true)option in Firefox/Thunderbird? Please help me.

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TyDraniu
TyDraniu
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I really don't think that it does anything in Firefox or Tbird.

Piotr
Piotr Question owner
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I don't see any difference either ...

FredMcD
FredMcD
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I found this:

https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b&sxsrf=ALeKk01ugAJoc0c26pJyghUiSlAf1FRnaw:1590598206642&q=clipboard.plain+Text+Only&spell=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwju3diIwNTpAhUSG80KHdNZD3EQBSgAegQICxAn&biw=1272&bih=585&dpr=0.95

cor-el
cor-el
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This pref got created for the B2G (mobile) platform.

  • bug 1210265 - Add a pref toggle for copying/pasting non-text/rich text in B2G clipboard

I'm not seeing any references in the current source code for this pref.