Visual Feedback on Successful Copy

[azzamsa]

Hi,

How to get visual feedback on successful copy?
Is there any built-in notification? I don't want to clutter my desktop notification.

Ghostty had something like this:

Wezterm:

function M.copy_selection(window, pane)
    local has_selection = window:get_selection_text_for_pane(pane) ~= ""
    if has_selection then
        window:perform_action(act.CopyTo("ClipboardAndPrimarySelection"), pane)
        window:set_right_status("📋 Copied to clipboard")  ---   <------- 💡
        wezterm.time.call_after(3, function()
            window:set_right_status("")
        end)
    end
end

Thanks for Kitty.

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[kovidgoyal]

Not sure why you want this? A copy never fails unless there is nothing selected, which is visually obvious anyway.

[azzamsa]

Coming from buggy clipboard apps. I have to rely to this visual feedback mechanism.

I have migrated my whole setup. Hopefully the clipboard is more reliable.

Btw, is there a way to clear the selection if copying succeeded?

[kovidgoyal]

Sure there are, many many things you can do with copy, including clear after copy, read: https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/actions/#action-copy_and_clear_or_interrupt