[GH-ISSUE #822] Forms don't work in putty #598

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opened 2026-03-04 01:06:21 +03:00 by kerem · 2 comments

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Originally created by @rmasci on GitHub (Mar 8, 2023).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/rivo/tview/issues/822

I developed on a mac, made a nice gui for my users -- then when I showed it to them it didn't work. They were using PuTTY, which is the main terminal program we use here for those that are stuck on windows. The user could click on things and it seemed to work but cut and paste didn't. Hoping someone knows how to fix this? :) thanks!

Originally created by @rmasci on GitHub (Mar 8, 2023). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/rivo/tview/issues/822 I developed on a mac, made a nice gui for my users -- then when I showed it to them it didn't work. They were using PuTTY, which is the main terminal program we use here for those that are stuck on windows. The user could click on things and it seemed to work but cut and paste didn't. Hoping someone knows how to fix this? :) thanks!

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@rivo commented on GitHub (Mar 12, 2023):

tcell's pasting functionality will be added to InputField and TextArea once I have the time to do it.

Also, if you want to make copy&paste work for text areas on your specific system (e.g. Windows), see the text area documentation for instructions.

I'm closing this as this is not a bug but rather a feature request which I already know about. Also, "Forms don't work in putty" doesn't seem accurate. Your description indicates that forms do work in putty, just cut&paste is missing, which, as @digitallyserviced points out, is somewhat of a limitation of terminals in general.

@rivo commented on GitHub (Mar 12, 2023): `tcell`'s pasting functionality will be added to `InputField` and `TextArea` once I have the time to do it. Also, if you want to make copy&paste work for text areas on your specific system (e.g. Windows), see the text area documentation for instructions. I'm closing this as this is not a bug but rather a feature request which I already know about. Also, "Forms don't work in putty" doesn't seem accurate. Your description indicates that forms do work in putty, just cut&paste is missing, which, as @digitallyserviced points out, is somewhat of a limitation of terminals in general.

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2026-03-04 01:06:22 +03:00

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@rmasci commented on GitHub (Mar 13, 2023):

Yes sorry I worded it that way, and agree this should be closed. I am commenting to maybe help someone else with this problem. Right now if you right mouse click you don't get a popup to paste, this didn't bother me in iterm because I usually use the command-v to paste. PuTTY users have to enable this. In putty they need to go to Window > Selection. In this make sure ctrl+shift+{C,V} is set to System Clipboard. By default its set to 'no action' Without this putty will not work. Other programs such as Microsoft's Terminal allow by default CTRL-C,V

@rmasci commented on GitHub (Mar 13, 2023): Yes sorry I worded it that way, and agree this should be closed. I am commenting to maybe help someone else with this problem. Right now if you right mouse click you don't get a popup to paste, this didn't bother me in iterm because I usually use the command-v to paste. PuTTY users have to enable this. In putty they need to go to Window > Selection. In this make sure ctrl+shift+{C,V} is set to System Clipboard. By default its set to 'no action' Without this putty will not work. Other programs such as Microsoft's Terminal allow by default CTRL-C,V

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