Add text editor option to prevent copying current line without a selection

[snoopdouglas]

Describe the project you are working on

Platformer. (this is relevant to any project though)

Describe the problem or limitation you are having in your project

When pasting, I sometimes accidentally hit Ctrl-C instead of Ctrl-V on a blank line. This clears the clipboard and I have to go back to copy what I had before. I want to have the option to turn this off.

Describe the feature / enhancement and how it helps to overcome the problem or limitation

Similar to VS Code's editor.emptySelectionClipboard option, I'd like to be able to do nothing when copying without a selection.

Describe how your proposal will work, with code, pseudo-code, mock-ups, and/or diagrams

Add an editor settings option for this, probably under Text Editor > Behaviour.

If this enhancement will not be used often, can it be worked around with a few lines of script?

Not to my knowledge (I've not tried to alter the text editor's behaviour in this way).

Is there a reason why this should be core and not an add-on in the asset library?

It's a common feature for text editors. (can provide more examples if needed.)

[aXu-AP]

I too sometimes do the same mistake, altough I use copy/cut line command all the time so this option isn't for me. As a workaround when accidents happen, I use clipboard history to paste the correct snippet (Win + V on Windows, I presume other os's have something similiar available).

[snoopdouglas]

Oh yeah, I'm 100% on board with clipboard managers - it's just that not everyone will have them installed (or be aware of them), and this felt like a relatively small feature request (in my naive opinion)

[Calinou]

it's just that not everyone will have them installed

Note that Windows 10/11 come with a built-in clipboard manager (Windows + V). On Linux, KDE also has one out of the box on the same shortcut.