No it is not a requirement but there are some issues with Wayland and copy paste between application could be one of them.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to libreoffice in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1745907 Title: Cannot copy/paste between some applications Status in libreoffice package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: When copying simple text with CTRL-C CTRL-v (or menu or context menu) between programs, I have noticed that some combinations work but other do not (no text is pasted). Gedit -> LibreOffice: No text pasted LibreOffice -> Gedit: No text pasted Firefox -> LibreOffice: OK LibreOffice -> Firefox: Not text pasted Geany -> Gedit: OK Gedit -> Geany: Not text pasted Geany -> LibreOffice: OK LibreOffice -> Geany: No text pasted Geany -> Firefox: OK Firefox -> Geany: OK OK means the copy/paste happened normally, with the text appearing normally when pasting. In Firefox I used the text area I am using right now at bugs.launchpad.net. In LibreOffice I used Calc's formula bar. It was working fine before I upgraded to 18.04 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: libreoffice (not installed) ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-25.29-generic 4.13.13 Uname: Linux 4.13.0-25-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.8-0ubuntu6 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Mon Jan 29 12:18:14 2018 EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-03-21 (679 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Release amd64 (20151021) SourcePackage: libreoffice UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to bionic on 2018-01-22 (6 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/1745907/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
