Copy-Paste in Google Apps with Firefox
By default, the Firefox browser limits the use of the clipboard. This is a real inconvenience when using Google Docs (imagine using Microsoft Word or Excel without being able to cut and paste with the context menu). Yes, the keyboard shortcuts work, but these are not always practical. Fortunately, there is a solution, which I found here. I was able to apply it on my Windows Vista laptop with an extra step to get around the security on the application directory.
1. Type cmd in the Vista “Start Search” box.
2. Press CTRL-SHIFT-Enter to open up a command prompt as Administrator. Vista UAC will prompt for permission to open up the command line in administrator mode.
3. Navigate (cd) to C:\users\[username]\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\[profile name] You might not recognize the profile name.
4. Open the user.js file. It might not be there, because by default, the user.js file does not exist. Create it by typing this command: notepad user.js Answer yes to the prompt to create the file.
5. Paste the following lines into the file:
user_pref(”capability.policy.policynames”, “allowclipboard”);
user_pref(”capability.policy.allowclipboard.sites”, “http://docs.google.com”);
user_pref(”capability.policy.allowclipboard.Clipboard.cutcopy”, “allAccess”);
user_pref(”capability.policy.allowclipboard.Clipboard.paste”, “allAccess”);
6. Save the file and close notepad.
7. Exit the command line prompt and restart Firefox.
Now you will be able to cut, copy and paste from the right-click context menu in Google Docs. Unfortunately, this still does not work for image files.
