GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 614091
Paste should not be enabled in menu with empty clipboard
Last modified: 2010-03-27 14:38:18 UTC
Edit>Paste should not be enabled in menu when clipboard is empty for very much same reason Undo/Redo are not enabled when there is nothing to undo or redo.
This is on purpose. Checking for image data in the clipboard can be a very expensive operation, depending on factors not under GIMP's control. -> unfixable.