I finally was able to copy using the Ctrl C and Ctrl V... The mouse clicks do not work at all. I hope they fix this annoyance!
copy is not working in MS copilot. unable to copy and paste any text
Dear Team,
I am writing to report an issue with the copy and paste functionality in Microsoft Copilot. Currently, I am unable to copy or paste any text within the application. Despite multiple attempts, the standard copy and paste commands (Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V) are not working as expected.
Could you kindly investigate this issue and provide a resolution at your earliest convenience?
Thank you for your assistance.
Microsoft Copilot | Other
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BenevolentDeity 26 Reputation points
2025-06-19T01:37:21.4133333+00:00 From the discussions I've had with Copilot itself, it seems that the developers may consider a non-working Ctrl+C a feature. If you highlight text you want to copy and right-click on it, the resulting context window does contain a Copy item, which does copy the highlighted text. However, that same context menu also indicates that you can also use Ctrl+C to copy, which is obviously not the case. I've always believed that no information is preferable to wrong information, but I may be wrong on that opinion. I think the Copilot developers should take five minutes and simply remove Ctrl+C from the context menu, since that's probably much easier and quicker than actually fixing the problem.
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E S 0 Reputation points
2025-07-01T06:28:09.02+00:00 The problem with making Ctrl-C a non-op is that it's counter to the standard UI design pushed by Microsoft and other organizations for the past 30+ years. Effectively, having a copy/paste operation that does not use Ctrl-C/Ctrl-V makes the application counterintuitive and poor UX.
Similar to providing a Copy button that doesn't allow me to paste the file to my desktop or folders is poor UX.