#3662·CopyQ

Wayland - remote desktop interaction popup

Author: floviolleauCreated Jul 13, 2026Updated Aug 31, 2026
Labelshelp wantedWayland

Hi, Thanks for this amazing tool. I use it everyday since long time.

Describe the bug

Ubuntu is asking for Remote Desktop sharing on clip selection when I copy paste on all my applications

To Reproduce

  1. Open copyq with a keyboard shortcut
  2. Select a clip

Expected behavior

Text copied to clipboard, but no Remote Desktop pop-up

Screenshots

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Version, OS and Environment

CopyQ Clipboard Manager 16.0.0
Arch: x86_64-little_endian-lp64
Audio: miniaudio 0.11.25
Compiler: GCC
DISPLAY: :0
KNotifications: 6.26.0
KStatusNotifierItem: 6.26.0
OS: Ubuntu 26.04 LTS
QCA: 2.3.10
Qt: 6.10.2
QtKeychain: 0.16.0
WAYLAND_DISPLAY: wayland-0
XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP: ubuntu:GNOME
XDG_SESSION_DESKTOP: ubuntu
XDG_SESSION_TYPE: wayland
has-audio: 1
has-encryption: 1
has-global-shortcuts: 1
has-keychain: 1
has-mouse-selection: 1

Additional context

Since Ubuntu 26.04, Wayland is mandatory and this behavior happen. It has been reported on another issue #2565 but only on Fedora and in the issue, script mentioned in the solution or using env QT_QPA_PLATFORM=xcb copyq do not work anymore nor exists.

Thanks ❤️