v1.1.8 - Fix image paste persistence, save-flush on note switch, WebKitGTK clipboard fallback

src-tauri/Cargo.lock

@@ -102,6 +102,27 @@ dependencies = [
  "derive_arbitrary",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "arboard"
+version = "3.6.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0348a1c054491f4bfe6ab86a7b6ab1e44e45d899005de92f58b3df180b36ddaf"
+dependencies = [
+ "clipboard-win",
+ "image",
+ "log",
+ "objc2",
+ "objc2-app-kit",
+ "objc2-core-foundation",
+ "objc2-core-graphics",
+ "objc2-foundation",
+ "parking_lot",
+ "percent-encoding",
+ "windows-sys 0.60.2",
+ "wl-clipboard-rs",
+ "x11rb",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "arc-swap"
 version = "1.8.2"
@@ -617,6 +638,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-link 0.2.1",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "clipboard-win"
+version = "5.4.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bde03770d3df201d4fb868f2c9c59e66a3e4e2bd06692a0fe701e7103c7e84d4"
+dependencies = [
+ "error-code",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "combine"
 version = "4.6.7"
@@ -1090,6 +1120,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.61.2",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "error-code"
+version = "3.3.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "dea2df4cf52843e0452895c455a1a2cfbb842a1e7329671acf418fdc53ed4c59"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "event-listener"
 version = "5.4.1"
@@ -1123,6 +1159,26 @@ version = "2.3.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "37909eebbb50d72f9059c3b6d82c0463f2ff062c9e95845c43a6c9c0355411be"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "fax"
+version = "0.2.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f05de7d48f37cd6730705cbca900770cab77a89f413d23e100ad7fad7795a0ab"
+dependencies = [
+ "fax_derive",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "fax_derive"
+version = "0.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a0aca10fb742cb43f9e7bb8467c91aa9bcb8e3ffbc6a6f7389bb93ffc920577d"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.117",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "fdeflate"
 version = "0.3.7"
@@ -1168,6 +1224,12 @@ version = "0.1.9"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "5baebc0774151f905a1a2cc41989300b1e6fbb29aff0ceffa1064fdd3088d582"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "fixedbitset"
+version = "0.5.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1d674e81391d1e1ab681a28d99df07927c6d4aa5b027d7da16ba32d1d21ecd99"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "flate2"
 version = "1.1.9"
@@ -1480,6 +1542,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "version_check",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "gethostname"
+version = "1.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1bd49230192a3797a9a4d6abe9b3eed6f7fa4c8a8a4947977c6f80025f92cbd8"
+dependencies = [
+ "rustix 1.1.4",
+ "windows-link 0.2.1",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "getrandom"
 version = "0.1.16"
@@ -1691,6 +1763,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 2.0.117",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "half"
+version = "2.7.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6ea2d84b969582b4b1864a92dc5d27cd2b77b622a8d79306834f1be5ba20d84b"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "crunchy",
+ "zerocopy",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "hashbrown"
 version = "0.12.3"
@@ -1752,12 +1835,14 @@ checksum = "2304e00983f87ffb38b55b444b5e3b60a884b5d30c0fca7d82fe33449bbe55ea"
 name = "helixnotes"
 version = "1.1.8"
 dependencies = [
+ "arboard",
  "chrono",
  "dirs",
  "futures",
  "gray_matter",
  "log",
  "notify",
+ "png 0.17.16",
  "rayon",
  "regex",
  "reqwest 0.12.28",
@@ -2075,6 +2160,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "moxcms",
  "num-traits",
  "png 0.18.1",
+ "tiff",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2653,6 +2739,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "minimal-lexical",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "nom"
+version = "8.0.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "df9761775871bdef83bee530e60050f7e54b1105350d6884eb0fb4f46c2f9405"
+dependencies = [
+ "memchr",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "notify"
 version = "8.2.0"
@@ -3007,6 +3102,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "pin-project-lite",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "os_pipe"
+version = "1.2.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7d8fae84b431384b68627d0f9b3b1245fcf9f46f6c0e3dc902e9dce64edd1967"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "windows-sys 0.45.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "osakit"
 version = "0.3.1"
@@ -3096,6 +3201,17 @@ version = "2.3.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9b4f627cb1b25917193a259e49bdad08f671f8d9708acfd5fe0a8c1455d87220"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "petgraph"
+version = "0.8.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8701b58ea97060d5e5b155d383a69952a60943f0e6dfe30b04c287beb0b27455"
+dependencies = [
+ "fixedbitset",
+ "hashbrown 0.15.5",
+ "indexmap 2.13.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "phf"
 version = "0.8.0"
@@ -3449,6 +3565,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "num-traits",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "quick-error"
+version = "2.0.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a993555f31e5a609f617c12db6250dedcac1b0a85076912c436e6fc9b2c8e6a3"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "quick-xml"
 version = "0.38.4"
@@ -4734,7 +4856,7 @@ version = "0.22.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "847434d4af57b32e309f4ab1b4f1707a6c566656264caa427ff4285c4d9d0b82"
 dependencies = [
- "nom",
+ "nom 7.1.3",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -5273,6 +5395,20 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 2.0.117",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tiff"
+version = "0.10.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "af9605de7fee8d9551863fd692cce7637f548dbd9db9180fcc07ccc6d26c336f"
+dependencies = [
+ "fax",
+ "flate2",
+ "half",
+ "quick-error",
+ "weezl",
+ "zune-jpeg",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "time"
 version = "0.3.47"
@@ -5585,6 +5721,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.60.2",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tree_magic_mini"
+version = "3.2.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b8765b90061cba6c22b5831f675da109ae5561588290f9fa2317adab2714d5a6"
+dependencies = [
+ "memchr",
+ "nom 8.0.0",
+ "petgraph",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "try-lock"
 version = "0.2.5"
@@ -5952,6 +6099,76 @@ dependencies = [
  "semver",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "wayland-backend"
+version = "0.3.12"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "fee64194ccd96bf648f42a65a7e589547096dfa702f7cadef84347b66ad164f9"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+ "downcast-rs",
+ "rustix 1.1.4",
+ "smallvec",
+ "wayland-sys",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "wayland-client"
+version = "0.31.12"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b8e6faa537fbb6c186cb9f1d41f2f811a4120d1b57ec61f50da451a0c5122bec"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 2.11.0",
+ "rustix 1.1.4",
+ "wayland-backend",
+ "wayland-scanner",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "wayland-protocols"
+version = "0.32.10"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "baeda9ffbcfc8cd6ddaade385eaf2393bd2115a69523c735f12242353c3df4f3"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 2.11.0",
+ "wayland-backend",
+ "wayland-client",
+ "wayland-scanner",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "wayland-protocols-wlr"
+version = "0.3.10"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e9597cdf02cf0c34cd5823786dce6b5ae8598f05c2daf5621b6e178d4f7345f3"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 2.11.0",
+ "wayland-backend",
+ "wayland-client",
+ "wayland-protocols",
+ "wayland-scanner",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "wayland-scanner"
+version = "0.31.8"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5423e94b6a63e68e439803a3e153a9252d5ead12fd853334e2ad33997e3889e3"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quick-xml",
+ "quote",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "wayland-sys"
+version = "0.31.8"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1e6dbfc3ac5ef974c92a2235805cc0114033018ae1290a72e474aa8b28cbbdfd"
+dependencies = [
+ "pkg-config",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "web-sys"
 version = "0.3.89"
@@ -6070,6 +6287,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-core 0.61.2",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "weezl"
+version = "0.1.12"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a28ac98ddc8b9274cb41bb4d9d4d5c425b6020c50c46f25559911905610b4a88"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "winapi"
 version = "0.3.9"
@@ -6620,6 +6843,24 @@ dependencies = [
  "wasmparser",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "wl-clipboard-rs"
+version = "0.9.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e9651471a32e87d96ef3a127715382b2d11cc7c8bb9822ded8a7cc94072eb0a3"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "log",
+ "os_pipe",
+ "rustix 1.1.4",
+ "thiserror 2.0.18",
+ "tree_magic_mini",
+ "wayland-backend",
+ "wayland-client",
+ "wayland-protocols",
+ "wayland-protocols-wlr",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "writeable"
 version = "0.6.2"
@@ -6701,6 +6942,23 @@ dependencies = [
  "pkg-config",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "x11rb"
+version = "0.13.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9993aa5be5a26815fe2c3eacfc1fde061fc1a1f094bf1ad2a18bf9c495dd7414"
+dependencies = [
+ "gethostname",
+ "rustix 1.1.4",
+ "x11rb-protocol",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "x11rb-protocol"
+version = "0.13.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ea6fc2961e4ef194dcbfe56bb845534d0dc8098940c7e5c012a258bfec6701bd"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "xattr"
 version = "1.6.1"
@@ -6961,6 +7219,21 @@ dependencies = [
  "pkg-config",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "zune-core"
+version = "0.4.12"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3f423a2c17029964870cfaabb1f13dfab7d092a62a29a89264f4d36990ca414a"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "zune-jpeg"
+version = "0.4.21"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "29ce2c8a9384ad323cf564b67da86e21d3cfdff87908bc1223ed5c99bc792713"
+dependencies = [
+ "zune-core",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "zvariant"
 version = "5.10.0"

src-tauri/Cargo.toml

@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ reqwest = { version = "0.12", default-features = false, features = ["json", "str
 futures = "0.3"
 rayon = "1"
 rustls = { version = "0.23", default-features = false, features = ["ring", "logging", "std", "tls12"] }
+arboard = { version = "3", features = ["image-data", "wayland-data-control"] }
+png = "0.17"
 
 [target.'cfg(not(target_os = "android"))'.dependencies]
 tauri-plugin-updater = "2"

src-tauri/src/commands.rs

@@ -462,6 +462,34 @@ pub fn save_vault_state(state: State<'_, AppState>, vault_state: VaultState) ->
     operations::save_vault_state(vault_path, &vault_state)
 }
 
+// ── Clipboard ──
+
+/// Read image from system clipboard (bypasses WebKitGTK clipboard bug).
+/// Returns PNG bytes as Vec<u8>, or error if no image on clipboard.
+#[tauri::command]
+pub fn read_clipboard_image() -> Result<Vec<u8>, String> {
+    let mut clipboard =
+        arboard::Clipboard::new().map_err(|e| format!("Clipboard init failed: {}", e))?;
+    let img = clipboard
+        .get_image()
+        .map_err(|_| "No image on clipboard".to_string())?;
+    // Encode RGBA data to PNG
+    let mut buf: Vec<u8> = Vec::new();
+    {
+        let mut encoder =
+            png::Encoder::new(std::io::Cursor::new(&mut buf), img.width as u32, img.height as u32);
+        encoder.set_color(png::ColorType::Rgba);
+        encoder.set_depth(png::BitDepth::Eight);
+        let mut writer = encoder
+            .write_header()
+            .map_err(|e| format!("PNG header failed: {}", e))?;
+        writer
+            .write_image_data(&img.bytes)
+            .map_err(|e| format!("PNG encode failed: {}", e))?;
+    }
+    Ok(buf)
+}
+
 // ── Attachments ──
 
 #[tauri::command]

src-tauri/src/lib.rs

@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ pub fn run() {
             commands::empty_trash,
             commands::load_vault_state,
             commands::save_vault_state,
+            commands::read_clipboard_image,
             commands::save_image,
             commands::save_attachment,
             commands::get_notebook_icons,

src/lib/api.ts

@@ -164,6 +164,10 @@ export async function saveVaultState(vaultState: VaultState): Promise<void> {
   return invoke("save_vault_state", { vaultState });
 }
 
+export async function readClipboardImage(): Promise<number[]> {
+  return invoke("read_clipboard_image");
+}
+
 export async function saveImage(name: string, data: number[]): Promise<string> {
   return invoke("save_image", { name, data });
 }

src/lib/components/AppLayout.svelte

@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@
 		noteHistoryIndex = newIndex;
 		navigatingFromHistory = true;
 		readNote(path).then((content) => {
+			editor?.flushSave();
 			$activeNote = content;
 			$activeNotePath = path;
 			$editorDirty = false;
@@ -114,6 +115,7 @@
 		if (!vaultRoot || !filePath.startsWith(vaultRoot)) return;
 		try {
 			const content = await readNote(filePath);
+			editor?.flushSave();
 			$activeNote = content;
 			$activeNotePath = filePath;
 			$editorDirty = false;
@@ -167,6 +169,7 @@
 		try {
 			const entry = await createDailyNote();
 			const content = await readNote(entry.path);
+			editor?.flushSave();
 			$activeNote = content;
 			$activeNotePath = entry.path;
 			$editorDirty = false;
@@ -391,7 +394,7 @@
 				<Sidebar bind:this={sidebar} onViewChanged={handleViewChanged} />
 			</div>
 			<div class="mobile-panel" class:active={$mobileView === 'notelist'}>
-				<NoteList bind:this={noteList} onNoteSelected={handleNoteSelected} onNoteMoved={() => sidebar?.refresh()} />
+				<NoteList bind:this={noteList} onNoteSelected={handleNoteSelected} onBeforeNoteSwitch={() => editor?.flushSave()} onNoteMoved={() => sidebar?.refresh()} />
 			</div>
 			<div class="mobile-panel" class:active={$mobileView === 'editor'}>
 				<Editor bind:this={editor} />
@@ -485,7 +488,7 @@
 				{/if}
 
 				<div class="notelist-panel" style="width: {$notelistWidth}px">
-					<NoteList bind:this={noteList} onNoteSelected={handleNoteSelected} onNoteMoved={() => sidebar?.refresh()} />
+					<NoteList bind:this={noteList} onNoteSelected={handleNoteSelected} onBeforeNoteSwitch={() => editor?.flushSave()} onNoteMoved={() => sidebar?.refresh()} />
 				</div>
 
 				<ResizeHandle onResize={handleNotelistResize} />

src/lib/components/Editor.svelte

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 	import { openFile, copyFileTo } from '$lib/api';
 	import { save as saveDialog } from '@tauri-apps/plugin-dialog';
 	import { activeNote, activeNotePath, appConfig, editorDirty, sourceMode, focusMode, readOnly, quickAccessPaths, notes } from '$lib/stores/app';
-	import { saveNote, saveImage, saveAttachment, addQuickAccess, removeQuickAccess, getQuickAccess, getNoteVersions, getNoteVersionContent, createVersion, aiAsk, getAllNoteTitles, readNote, renameNote } from '$lib/api';
+	import { saveNote, saveImage, saveAttachment, readClipboardImage, addQuickAccess, removeQuickAccess, getQuickAccess, getNoteVersions, getNoteVersionContent, createVersion, aiAsk, getAllNoteTitles, readNote, renameNote } from '$lib/api';
 	import type { VersionEntry, AiStreamEvent, NoteTitleEntry } from '$lib/types';
 	import { listen } from '@tauri-apps/api/event';
 	import { debounce } from '$lib/utils/debounce';
@@ -1203,9 +1203,10 @@
 		});
 	}
 
-	export function loadNote(path: string, content: string) {
+	/** Flush unsaved editor content to disk (synchronous serialize + fire-and-forget save).
-		// Flush any unsaved changes for the CURRENT note before loading the new one
+	 *  Call BEFORE updating $activeNote/$activeNotePath stores when switching notes. */
-		if ($editorDirty && $activeNote && $activeNotePath && $activeNotePath !== path) {
+	export function flushSave() {
+		if (!$editorDirty || !$activeNote || !$activeNotePath) return;
 		try {
 			const body = $sourceMode
 				? restoreTitleH1(sourceContent)
@@ -1219,6 +1220,8 @@
 		}
 		$editorDirty = false;
 	}
+
+	export function loadNote(path: string, content: string) {
 		loadedPath = path;
 		lastSourceMode = $sourceMode;
 		isLoadingNote = true;
@@ -2018,21 +2021,7 @@
 	});
 
 	function destroyEditor() {
-		// Flush unsaved changes before destroying
+		flushSave();
-		if ($editorDirty && $activeNote && $activeNotePath && editor) {
-			try {
-				const body = $sourceMode
-					? restoreTitleH1(sourceContent)
-					: editorToMarkdown();
-				const trimmed = body.replace(/^#.*\n?/, '').trim();
-				if (trimmed || !$activeNote.content || $activeNote.content.trim().length <= 10) {
-					saveNote($activeNotePath, $activeNote.meta, body);
-				}
-			} catch (e) {
-				console.error('Destroy-save failed:', e);
-			}
-			$editorDirty = false;
-		}
 		if (editor) {
 			editor.destroy();
 			editor = null;
@@ -2757,9 +2746,34 @@
 			}
 			return true;
 		}
+		// WebKitGTK fallback (bug #218519): older WebKitGTK versions return
+		// empty DataTransferItemList for image pastes. Detect this and read
+		// the image directly from the system clipboard via Rust/arboard.
+		if (items.length === 0) {
+			const hasText = event.clipboardData!.getData('text/plain');
+			const hasHtml = event.clipboardData!.getData('text/html');
+			if (!hasText && !hasHtml) {
+				event.preventDefault();
+				insertClipboardImage();
+				return true;
+			}
+		}
 		return false;
 	}
 
+	async function insertClipboardImage() {
+		try {
+			const data = await readClipboardImage();
+			const relativePath = await saveImage('pasted-image.png', data);
+			if (editor) {
+				const displaySrc = resolveImageSrc(relativePath);
+				editor.chain().focus().setImage({ src: displaySrc }).run();
+			}
+		} catch (e) {
+			console.error('Clipboard image fallback failed:', e);
+		}
+	}
+
 	async function insertImage(file: File) {
 		try {
 			const buffer = await file.arrayBuffer();

src/lib/components/NoteList.svelte

@@ -35,9 +35,10 @@
 	import { openNoteWindow } from '$lib/utils/window';
 	import type { NoteEntry, SortMode } from '$lib/types';
 
-	let { onNoteSelected = (_path: string, _content: string) => {}, onNoteMoved = () => {} }: {
+	let { onNoteSelected = (_path: string, _content: string) => {}, onNoteMoved = () => {}, onBeforeNoteSwitch = () => {} }: {
 		onNoteSelected?: (path: string, content: string) => void;
 		onNoteMoved?: () => void;
+		onBeforeNoteSwitch?: () => void;
 	} = $props();
 
 	const modKey = navigator.platform.startsWith('Mac') ? '⌘' : 'Ctrl';
@@ -184,6 +185,7 @@
 		if ($activeNotePath === note.path) return;
 		try {
 			const content = await readNote(note.path);
+			onBeforeNoteSwitch();
 			$activeNote = content;
 			$activeNotePath = note.path;
 			$editorDirty = false;