Metadata panel copy and paste no longer respects selected fields?

[cg]

It seems as though in the latest 2025.1.14, the metadata copy and paste does not respect the checkboxes selecting which metadata fields to copy. I'm referring to the the ckboxes that appear with the orange clipboard icon at the top of the metadata panel. The function works as expected when clicking on the copy/paste icons, but the ctrl-C and ctrl-V shortcuts always copy ALL metadata fields.

Since this (very handy) feature was introduced (in one of the 2023 versions I think?), it's become an integral part of my workflow, and this behavior is easily reproducible for me. Happy to send a debug log file if that would be a help.

Thanks!

[Jingo]

I just checked (since I was in the metadata panel doing some copy/paste testing myself) and it seems to be working for me.

1 - Select AI Tags panel
2 - Click the Copy Icon
3 - Check off AI Description checkbox
4 - Hit the Copy Button
5 - Paste into Notepad++

[cg]

Hi, Jingo.

It does work when clicking the icons, but I use the ctrl-C/ctrl-V keyboard shortcuts, and those shortcuts are what do not seem to work any more.

[Jingo]

When I CLICK into a field into the metadata panel (the name or the value), Ctrl+C (or Alt+Ctrl+C) opens up the checkbox copy panel just like hitting the copy button. Are you sure you have activated the Metadata panel / field selection before hitting Ctrl+C?

[cg]

Strange, pasting to Notepad like you're doing seems to respect the selected categories (as expected). 

However, I'm pasting between files. When I use ^V to paste into the metadata fields of another file, it pastes ALL fields (different from 2023 behavior). The same clipboard contents paste correctly into Notepad.

[Mario]

I could reproduce this when Ctrl+C is used to copy (instead of clicking the button).
The MD panel did not "see" that the user is holding down Ctrl anymore, copying all items instead of only the selected items.
Ctrl+C should copy the last selection (if there is one), else open the copy panel. Same functionality as Ctrl+clicking the Copy button in the toolbar: copy last selection, if there is none, open the copy panel.

I have fixed this for the next release.

[Jingo]

Ahh.. I wasn't testing it to a new file... :-)  Just to notepad as you mentioned.  Glad Mario was able to fix that!

[cg]

Thanks, Mario!