clipboard is the boring nightmare of browser-RDP. the wire protocol negotiates fine. the browser side has the clipboard API gated behind permissions plus a user-gesture requirement for writes. on the read side most browsers prompt the user every single time. so you either rebuild a custom in-page clipboard buffer (loses OS integration, defeats the point) or accept that paste-INTO-RDP works smoothly while paste-OUT-of-RDP needs a click each time. neither matches what people expect when they hear "web RDP client." worth checking the project's behavior on chrome vs firefox before assuming feature-parity with native mstsc.

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maxloh 3 hours ago | parent [-]

> ...on the read side most browsers prompt the user every single time.

I don't think that is the case. Google Docs, Office 365, and Notion all function without requiring repeated user permissions.

	▲	jerrythegerbil 3 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		I can assure you they’ve correctly described the problem and are correct regarding buffering and user gesture requirements. The platforms you listed are all primarily text-based and the interaction lives in the DOM with happy paths defined. Still, you will find that clipboard media with a MIME type will prompt you with a Google provided modal to paste a very specific way to get around the permissions model in Google Docs etc… An RDP interface is not a text box with features on top, the standing expectations for those existing behaviors do not apply. Namely clipboard, and any I/O for that matter. For example, the linked repo uses a protocol bridge (I/O) to support the RDP protocol from a browser, because “the browser speaks protocols” is a true general statement, but absolutely doesn’t apply when you actually need to get something non-trivial done. At its core, when someone points to the Google Chrome desktop icon and says “that’s the internet” there’s really no point in discussing the nuance in most cases, because anything non-trivial immediately invalidates that understanding of the world and reaching that point organically is far more important than it being explained to them preemptively. They are correct, because the nuance applies. Welcome to the un-happy path!
	▲	hawk_ 3 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		There's something about keyboard shortcuts - they work. But somehow right-click and copy requires add-ons.