When using LibreOffice (Flatpak) on MicroOS Kalpa (Wayland, KDE clipboard), selecting text and pressing Ctrl+C in LibreOffice Writer causes the text to be automatically wrapped in square brackets, as if a bookmark or smart tag is added.
This only happens when KDE Clipboard (Klipper) is configured to:
“Keep the selection and clipboard the same” (enabled by default)
Disabling this setting resolves the issue, which suggests a conflict in how the primary selection (mouse highlight) and clipboard (Ctrl+C) are being handled.
Steps to Reproduce:
- Run LibreOffice (Flatpak) on Wayland with KDE Clipboard active.
- Enable “Keep the selection and clipboard the same” in KDE Clipboard settings.
- Select any text in LibreOffice Writer.
- Press
Ctrl+C.
Expected Result:
Text is copied without modification.
Actual Result:
Text is wrapped in square brackets, as if marked or bookmarked.
Environment:
Operating System: openSUSE MicroOS 20250411
KDE Plasma Version: 6.3.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.12.0
Qt Version: 6.9.0
Kernel Version: 6.14.1-1-default (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 8 × Intel® Core™ i7-8550U CPU @ 1.80GHz
Memory: 15.4 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor 1: Mesa Intel® UHD Graphics 620
Graphics Processor 2: NV138
Workaround:
Disable “Keep the selection and clipboard the same” in KDE Clipboard configuration.
Hope this helps someone else who runs into the same thing because it was really getting on my nerves!