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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"Pasting via a clipboard manager inserts text into editor rather than console >>> box","articleBody":"Recently a N++ user had trouble getting the [Ditto](https://ditto-cp.sourceforge.io/) clipboard manager to insert data into N++ at the right place (see the user complaint on the Community site [HERE](https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/26274/is-it-possible-to-turn-off-automatic-selection-in-the-replace-dialog) ).  This was determined to be a problem with N++ (not Ditto) and was fixed (see the N++ [ISSUE](https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/issues/6021) and [PR](https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/pull/15756) ) in version 8.7.2.\n\nI have a similar problem involving Ditto and attempting to have my paste target in N++ be the PythonScript console window's `>>>` box:\n\n* make sure the PS console window is \"docked\" into the main Notepad++ window¹\n* click inside the PS console's `>>>` box to give it input focus\n* in the Ditto main UI, double-click on one of its text entries (the goal being that the text of the entry should now be pasted into the PS `>>>` box)\n* observe that the text is inserted into the active editor's text buffer instead of the console's `>>>` box\n\n¹:  note that if the PS console window is \"undocked\", pasting via Ditto works fine!\n\n**_Can something in the PS plugin be changed so that this (the normal Ditto usage paradigm) works?_**\n\nWorkaround:\n* in Ditto, go to _Options..._ > _General_ > _Advanced_ and change _Paste clip in active window after selection_ from (its default of _True_) to _False_\n* after that, double-clicking an entry in the Ditto UI places it in the Windows clipboard, for \"normal\" pasting elsewhere with Ctrl+v\n\n---\n\nMy N++ debug info:\n```\nNotepad++ v8.7.5   (64-bit)\nBuild time : Dec 21 2024 - 05:13:03\nPath : C:\\NotepadPlusPlus\\Portable\\notepad++.exe\nCommand Line : -titleAdd=\"DUV\"\nAdmin mode : OFF\nLocal Conf mode : ON\nCloud Config : OFF\nPeriodic Backup : OFF\nPlaceholders : ON\nDirectWrite : ON\nMulti-instance Mode : monoInst\nFile Status Auto-Detection : cdEnabledNew (for current file/tab only)\nDark Mode : OFF\nOS Name : Windows 11 Pro (64-bit)\nOS Version : 24H2\nOS Build : 26100.3476\nCurrent ANSI codepage : 1252\nPlugins : \n    AnalysePlugin (1.13.49)\n    BetterMultiSelection (1.5)\n    ColumnsPlusPlus (1)\n    DSpellCheck (1.4.24)\n    EnhanceAnyLexer (1.0.1)\n    Explorer (1.9.3)\n    GotoLineCol (2.4.2)\n    mimeTools (3.1)\n    NavigateTo (2.6)\n    NppConverter (4.6)\n    NppEditorConfig (0.4)\n    NppExec (0.8.3)\n    NppExport (0.4)\n    NppMultiReplace (1)\n    PythonScript (3.0.21)\n    _CustomizeToolbar (5.3)\n```\n\nDitto version in use: `03.24.246.00 64bit`","author":{"url":"https://github.com/alankilborn","@type":"Person","name":"alankilborn"},"datePublished":"2025-03-15T11:14:07Z","url":"https://github.com/bruderstein/PythonScript/issues/378"}