Explicitly clear web resources clipboard on copy (#185622)

Fixes #185466 Proper fix would be to use a future web clipboard API that lets you write any data types to the system clipboard
microsoft · Jun 20, 2023 · 8c85702 · 8c85702
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diff --git a/src/vs/editor/contrib/dropOrPasteInto/browser/copyPasteController.ts b/src/vs/editor/contrib/dropOrPasteInto/browser/copyPasteController.ts
@@ -114,7 +114,18 @@ export class CopyPasteController extends Disposable implements IEditorContributi
 	}
 
 	private handleCopy(e: ClipboardEvent) {
-		if (!e.clipboardData || !this._editor.hasTextFocus() || !this.isPasteAsEnabled()) {
+		if (!this._editor.hasTextFocus()) {
+			return;
+		}
+
+		if (platform.isWeb) {
+			// Explicitly clear the web resources clipboard.
+			// This is needed because on web, the browser clipboard is faked out using an in-memory store.
+			// This means the resources clipboard is not properly updated when copying from the editor.
+			this._clipboardService.writeResources([]);
+		}
+
+		if (!e.clipboardData || !this.isPasteAsEnabled()) {
 			return;
 		}