GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 770173
Unable to select or copy key Name in dconf-editor
Last modified: 2016-12-30 13:30:42 UTC
Steps to reproduce: 1. Launch dconf-editor from Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS (dconf-editor version 3.18.2). 2. Navigate to any key 3. Try to copy key's Name with mouse or with keyboard Expected behavior: User can copy key's Name and use for example for console commands like 'gsettings set org.mate.interface gtk-theme Radiance'. Actual behavior: User can't copy key's Name.
Thanks for taking the time to report the bug. This issue has been adressed in the 3.20 release of dconf-editor (IIRC), by a “copy” action that directly puts in the clipboard the path, name and value of the key (“org.mate.interface gtk-theme 'Radiance'” in your example), making `gsettings` use easier. I don’t plan to maintain anymore the 3.18 version (some Vala changes make it hard to compile now, and I have some remaining work on the current version), so I won’t work on a patch for that ; if you bring a light working patch for it, I might have a look on it, that’s all. If you do so, please reopen.