I can't directly copy images on a note page by pressing Ctrl+C.

[mengxin523]

Description

Hi，
I can't directly copy images on a note page by pressing Ctrl+C and paste to other apps.
Is it bugs?

Regards
Leon

TriliumNext Version

0.102

What operating system are you using?

Windows

What is your setup?

Local (no sync)

Operating System Version

Windows11

Error logs

No response

[dosubot]

This is a known limitation rather than a bug. When you press Ctrl+C on an image in a note, Trilium copies an HTML reference to the image (via CKEditor) rather than the actual binary image data, so pasting it outside Trilium won't give you the image you'd expect [1].

Workaround: Right-click the image and select "Copy image to clipboard" from the context menu. This uses Electron's native clipboard API to copy the actual image data, which you can then paste into other applications [2].

This has been acknowledged by maintainers but is considered low-priority since addressing it would require deeper changes to the copy-paste architecture [3].

To reply, just mention @dosu.

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[Nriver]

To copy image data, you can double-click the image to get to the image detail page and then right-click to copy it. However, the downside is that this will take you to a different note, which is quite annoying if you are in the middle of some long note, which is not easy to go back to where you were.

Alternatively, you can try my widget: https://github.com/Nriver/image-zoom-widget. Simply left-click on the image to preview it, then right-click to copy the image data. The advantage is that you'll stay within the original note, and it also offers additional features like zooming in and out.

[mengxin523]

OK， this feature feels really useful. Hope you can add this direct copy function as soon as possible, thank you!