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Hi
This is a pain. The only cutting and pasting I can go is to take a wallet id, use the copy button and then paste to an application outside of multibit.
I can't paste to or from any windows within multibit. I'm running OSX, I do the paste thing and nothing happens.
This makes signing anything pretty much impossible. I can't take a wallet ID from the wallet window, I have to retype the string in by hand.
Then once the signature is generated, I have to laboriously retype it all by hand into an email or whatever, including retyping the original message of course. All very awkward and prone to errors as cut and paste just doesn't do anything.

I've done the obvious - reinstalled, restarted computer etc. but it's just not happening for me so wanted to ask if you out there had any ideas.

Cheers

What version of OSX are you using ?

I develop MultiBit on OSX Mountain Lion so it's a bit odd what you are describing.
I can cut and paste from all the fields using cmd-C, cmd-V and select all with cmd-S ok.

One thing worth trying is :

Try using the ctrl key for cutting and pasting i.e. ctrl-C and ctrl-V (i.e. Windows keystrokes)
It could be the keymappings are wrong.

You don't state which version of MultiBit you are using - if you are not using the most recent one (0.5.13) it is probably worth upgrading. I think some of the old versions didn't have the command key set up correctly for cut and paste).

Jim, you're a genius.
Windows keystrokes... why didn't I think of that.

 I've been using apple's cmd+c and cmd+v and nothing has been happening.

Switch to ctrl+c and ctrl+v and it worked fine.

Must be key mappings, but hey, this fixes it so I can live with that.


It was OS X 10.7.5 and multibit 0.5.13 by the way

Good that you've got a workaround.
I'll have a hunt through the code to see if I can spot anything.