Shortcut «Cmd+v» (paste) stopped working after last update

Bugs or Unexpected Behavior
1

Hi,

I have quite a few BTT scripts ending up on a simple keyboard shortcut, «Cmd+v», to paste the clipboard contents (edited with Python scripts) in my current document.

Since the last update, this simple keyboard shortcut, «Cmd+v», stopped working.

The previous steps work as expected: if I manually trigger «Cmd+v», the pasted contents is indeed correct.

Any idea why «Cmd+v» would stop working?
Or any workaround to trigger a paste?

Affected input device (e.g. MacBook Trackpad, Magic Mouse/Trackpad, Touch Bar, etc.):

MacBook Pro

Device information:

  • Type of Mac: MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2019), 2,6 GHz 6-Core Intel Core i7, 16 GB 2400 MHz DDR4
  • macOS version: 12.7
  • BetterTouchTool version: 4.289
2

could you post a full example of such a script? I can't seem to reproduce it yet, maybe it's something specific to that setup.

3

Hey Andreas,
Thanks for your reply.
Here is one example - I copied the contents of the relevant file.
It's really simple:

  • wait (I noticed it helps prevents bugs)
  • run some python script (which pastes a string to memory)
  • wait
  • cmd+v (paste)

It has worked for years...

Best,
Alexandre

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4

Thanks! With that I was able to find the issue. It's fixed in 4.299 alpha (currently uploading).
It should now also not be necessary to have the delays anymore.

5

Thank very much Andreas, all good now (actually, better).
What a first-class support.
Have a great day,
A.-

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6

Dear Andreas,
I'm running into the same problem again.
The following trigger will not work:

  1. with a keyboard shortcut, without the 2 delays (with your previous fix, I didn't need them anymore)
  2. on a floating menu, it simply won't work, even with the 2 delays.

My version is 4.611.

Thanks!
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