Can't copy to clipboard an edited image that is not saved?

[appyface]

XnviewMP 1.5.2

I opened an image from the browser view into its own tab. I clicked on "crop" button, pressed CTRL-A to select entire image, then moved the borders and clicked crop to edit the image. I did not save the edited image.

I pressed CTRL-A again to select entire image, then CTRL-C to copy to clipboard. In another application, I used CTRL-V to paste the image. It pastes the original saved image, not the unsaved edited one.

I expected to copy to clipboard what I am seeing on screen, even if it not saved?

If this is by design, could admins move my post to feature request?

Thank you and kind regards.

[xnview]

i can't reproduce, the selected area is correctly pasted. Which app do you use?

[appyface]

Thank you for checking.

I am pasting the edited image most often into Microsoft Word and a webmail compose window. Have also pasted into Techsmith Snagit and Gimp with same result.

I am using Windows 11 Pro 22H2 and XnViewMP 1.5.2 is portable version. (This has been happening for some time, it is not new to 1.5.2.)

Try:

1. XnViewMP browser pane full of images
2. Double-click an image to open in new tab
3. Ctrl-A to select entire image
4. Ctrl-C to copy that image to clipboard
5. Move grid lines to some new positions
6. Click crop button
7. Ctrl-A to select entire (unsaved, cropped) image
8. Ctrl-C to copy to clipboard
9. Open MS-Word
10. Ctrl-V to paste

Original image is always pasted for me, not the unsaved edited one.

(In an unrelated post I reported the browser pane doesn't update when an image is deleted from its own tab, 99% of the time for me. You were not able to reproduce. Also XnViewMP portable and Windows 11 Pro 22H2. Wondering if W11 is at play...?)

[xnview]

Ok, i can reproduce with Write but not Gimp
Thanks to your detailed description I can reproduce the problem.

[appyface]

Awesome! Thank you so much.

[xnview]

This problem is supposed to be fixed in XnView MP 1.5.4. Please check and confirm the bug fix here.

[appyface]

Thank you.

I got an interesting result with the unsaved cropped image.

1. Pasting into Gimp I now get a copy of the cropped image and not the original. Yay!

2. Pasting into my webmail client I now get a copy of the cropped image and not the original. Yay!

3. Pasting into MS-Word I now get a text full path to the original image instead of any image. (Pasting from the unedited original image still works fine.) ???