After custom move finishes clipboard gets cleared

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Zeta
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After custom move finishes clipboard gets cleared

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Steps to reproduce:

1) Select a few folders on the same or a different drive, but make sure the total size is big enough to give you enough time to do step 3:
C:\AAAA
C:\BBBB

2) Move them to drive D:\1\

3) While the move is going on => copy some text from somewhere, like a filename, something on a webpage,..
4) Custom move finishes and the clipboard gets cleared (including the text you copied in step 3)
5) Copied text from "3)" is now gone so you end up with nothing to paste

For me this is really annoying because for instance:
1) I got a picture I want to rename
2) Copy some text from somewhere that'll become the new filename
3 (In the background the custom move finishes, that you forgot/weren't thinking about)
4) You want to paste the copied text from step "2" in the filename box and nothing pastes because the clipboard just got cleared in the background.

Or for instance you copied some text you want to search on, or you selected some new files/folders to move, click copy, earlier custom move finishes & clears the clipboard and your selection/text's gone.

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Re: After custom move finishes clipboard gets cleared

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I agree. I always had a little doubt about this automatic clearing. I think it's cooler not to do it.

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Re: After custom move finishes clipboard gets cleared

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admin wrote:I agree. I always had a little doubt about this automatic clearing. I think it's cooler not to do it.
Yeah, or alternatively you could provide an option to turn it on/off.
I personally find it annoying but maybe somebody else might have a use for it.

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IMO it's one of those "smart" acts that nobody needs. I removed it.

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Re: After custom move finishes clipboard gets cleared

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Thanks :D, I just installed v18.90.0002 :tup:

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Re: After custom move finishes clipboard gets cleared

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Changed my mind:
viewtopic.php?p=174801#p174801

You will get a tweak to enable your desired behavior:

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ClipboardPreserveAfterCutPaste=1

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