hello, i did the first start after getting plasma 6.2 packages
so somehow copy paste is broken:
copy a selection
paste it to a new line works
copy a selection
select a new paragraph
paste
the new paragraph stays the same
the clipboard now has the copy of the new selection
I made a very small screencast as it explains it easier
screencast
I am on wayland
update:
the problem is also there on X11
also it seems that the general problem is that whatever I select is automatically copied
As a workaround you might want to turn off middle-click pasting.
There seem to be a regression, I encountered it too.
I just tried the same as in your screencast (that is in kate i would guess)
And could not replicate it, no issue here.
Operating System: Arch Linux
KDE Plasma Version: 6.2.0
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.6.0
Qt Version: 6.7.3
Kernel Version: 6.11.2-arch1-1 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Edit; and middle-click pasting, never touched that setting, seems to be on.
that is my system :
Operating System: Garuda Linux
KDE Plasma Version: 6.2.0
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.6.0
Qt Version: 6.7.3
Kernel Version: 6.11.0-AMD-znver3 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 16 Ă— AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D 8-Core Processor
Memory: 62,7 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: AMD Radeon RX 6800
Manufacturer: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd.
Product Name: MS-7A32
System Version: 1.0
yes, the demo was in kate.
and thank you @meven very much.
The workaround works.
It’s no fun doing coding with no properly working copy-paste 
There seems to be no such option in system settings. How do I disable it?
Also don’t forget about the setting “Keep the selection and clipboard the same” (system-tray > Clipboard > Configure clipboard…).
For some reason this setting was also enabled for me:
Close to being off topic so please excuse me for posting, but this just cost me quite a bit of time to find (it’s not in the regular system settings), so I thought I’d share it as a reminder.
Well, I don’t think you are off topic at all.
I think this is actually the problem solver for me at least.
Somehow this setting is ON since the upgrade to Plasma 6.2 and I never knew that setting existed.
but it is actually what was happening to me. Selecting immediately copies.
I just did not realize
Yeah this was the cause of my copy/paste frustrations. Thanks a lot for posting. It was very helpful.
No idea how this got turned on, must be the new default or something, I certainly did not change it.
I’m not sure why that is even an option, all it does is cause your clipboard to get overwritten constantly.
With that setting on I can’t even copy/paste in situations where there is existent text.
Say you have a spreadsheet and need to update a value in a cell.
So you double click on the cell and select the text to delete it. Boom your clipboard is overwritten and the value you had copied is gone.
How is this supposed to function exactly? With it enabled how can you copy text and then paste it over existing text? Is this just impossible?
Seems very broken to me, I’d honestly just remove that feature entirely, but I’d love to hear from someone who uses it what their use-case is. I probably just cannot see it.
this is an insane default setting, I thought my computer was broken, thank you.
