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Asked: 2026-06-14T08:39:40+00:00

After copying text from another program, when I switch to Visual Studio with the

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After copying text from another program, when I switch to Visual Studio with the Emacs Emulation extension and try to paste the text, none of the following methods work:

  • Ctrl-Y (Emacs emulation extension keybinding for ‘yank’ [paste])
  • Clicking paste on the toolbar
  • Edit > Paste
  • Right click > paste

How can I paste text from an outside application into a copy of Visual Studio that is running the Emacs Emulation extension?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Ctrl-Shift-Ins (Edit.CycleClipboardRing) will paste the contents of the Windows clipboard into Visual Studio.

    As far as the other, more standard methods not working, this is a known bug in the Emacs Emulation extension. From the extension’s Visual Studio Gallery page:

    Cut/copy/paste from other applications into Visual Studio does not work with the Emacs extension installed. We’re working on a fix for this issue and will post an updated version of the extension when a fix is available.

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