Re: PSA: HTML fragment mode interaction between Chromium, Clipboard & Notepad++

Andy Burns <[email protected]> Tue, 10 Feb 2026 12:46:46 +0000
Newsgroups alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.comp.os.windows-11,alt.comp.microsoft.windows
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Maria Sophia wrote:

> When you copy text from any Chromium-based application, Apparently Windows
> does not just copy plain text. Windows actually puts two versions of the
> text on the Windows clipboard:
> 1. a normal plain-text version
> 2. a hidden HTML-formatted version

Not uncommon for many apps to make multiple formats avaailable on the 
clipboard.

> When we paste that clipboard data into Notepad++, Notepad++ sees the hidden
> HTML version and Notepad++ assumes the paste is part of a larger HTML
> fragment. That puts Notepad++ into a strange internal state, which is
> apparently sometimes called "HTML fragment mode".

I think notepad++ has a "paste special" command, does that let you pick 
the plain text version?