In Oncourse CL, using Firefox, why am I having trouble pasting text into FCKeditor?
Due to certain security settings in Firefox, you may
have trouble pasting text into FCKeditor when you try to right-click
and select Paste. Earlier versions of Firefox may not allow
you to paste using Ctrl-v either. To resolve these
problems, choose one of the solutions below:
- From the
Editmenu, selectPaste.
- Press
Ctrl-v. If this does not work, upgrade to the latest version of Firefox.
- Change your security settings so that Firefox will let
you paste by right-clicking. To do this in Windows XP:
- Close all Firefox windows.
- Navigate to the directory below, where
usernameis your username andProfileNameis either your full name or a string followed by ".default": C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\ProfileName - Using a text editor, create a file named
user.jsin that directory.Note: Be sure your text editor does not add a
.txtextension to the end of the filename. The file needs to have.jsas the extension. - In this file, enter the following:
user_pref("capability.policy.policynames", "allowclipboard");
user_pref("capability.policy.allowclipboard.sites", "https://www.samplesite.com");
user_pref("capability.policy.allowclipboard.Clipboard.cutcopy", "allAccess");
user_pref("capability.policy.allowclipboard.Clipboard.paste", "allAccess");
Replace
https://www.samplesite.comwith the name of the site for which you wish to allow pasting. Do not use a trailing/(slash).For Indiana University students, faculty, and staff using Oncourse CL, replace
https://www.samplesite.comwithhttps://oncourse.iu.edu. - Restart Firefox.
- Close all Firefox windows.
Last modified on June 09, 2009.







