I Can't copy code directly from IntelliJ Idea to StackOverflow

Question

I can't copy directly from IntelliJ Idea to Stack Overflow. It is really annoying to paste from Intellij to .txt to Stack.

How can I paste in civilized way?

Edit: My soft versions:

Intellij Idea 12 ultimate
Linux ubuntu 10

What are your OS and Java versions? Any intermidiate software (screen sharing, clipboard handling etc.)? — Roman Shevchenko, Jan 08 '13 at 08:29
Which Java version is used to run IDEA? It can be seen on a Help | About screen, or in a Help | Reveal Log file. — Roman Shevchenko, Jan 08 '13 at 09:15
Make sure to [run under Oracle JDK](http://stackoverflow.com/a/8384111/104891). — CrazyCoder, Jan 24 '13 at 12:32

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 09 '13 at 13:17

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The problem was that I was using openJDK, switching to OracleJDK solves the problem.

answered Sep 09 '13 at 13:17

Marcin Szymczak

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I have java-7-oracle, and still I can't copy – Gavriel Sep 18 '14 at 11:30
Make sure that it is hardcoded into IntelliJ config file. – Marcin Szymczak Sep 19 '14 at 08:43
to tell you the truth, it's not that simple that it doesn't work. It works for some words, sometimes it works only for every second time I try to copy. It's REALLY strange... – Gavriel Sep 19 '14 at 14:07

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 08 '13 at 08:15

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Why not? Because it doesn't have 4 spaces in front of it? What I do is paste the code in to this text area, highlight it, and then press the {} button to indent it for me.

So this

becomes

So this

answered Jan 08 '13 at 08:15

Daniel Kaplan

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It's not the problem that I have no indentation. I can't copy directly at all. – Marcin Szymczak Jan 08 '13 at 08:19
It works fine for me. I don't think I can help because I can't reproduce it. What OS are you using? What version of intellij? Can you copy/paste between other parts of intellij? – Daniel Kaplan Jan 08 '13 at 08:20
I can copy paste between different parts of intellij. – Marcin Szymczak Jan 08 '13 at 08:36

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 30 '14 at 04:39

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I had the same problem when I have not installed svn command line client. And it always popup a dialog box telling me to fix the svn command line client.

After installed svn command line client, I can copy and paste codes normally.

answered Sep 30 '14 at 04:39

shifu.zheng

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered May 12 '16 at 16:55

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I tried many options, but switching to JDK 7 from 6 worked for me.

answered May 12 '16 at 16:55

Raghu Kasturi

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Sep 26 '17 at 14:21

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In my case, with IntelliJ 16.2 .. 17.2:

Copy in IntelliJ
Paste elsewhere
FAIL

However:

Copy in IntelliJ
Paste in IntelliJ
Paste elsewhere
WIN!

answered Sep 26 '17 at 14:21

Mark Jeronimus

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I Can't copy code directly from IntelliJ Idea to StackOverflow

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