From 057215eb108270ff2a2bc6e3967e032cd9a20fd8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eike Ziller <eike.ziller@qt.io>
Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2019 13:55:12 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Help/litehtml: Support global mouse selection on Linux

Change-Id: Ifef500e4777c8cad1b41cfd69240a31509abd8a0
Reviewed-by: hjk <hjk@qt.io>
---
 src/plugins/help/qlitehtml/container_qpainter.cpp | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/plugins/help/qlitehtml/container_qpainter.cpp b/src/plugins/help/qlitehtml/container_qpainter.cpp
index edd88ef0cef..7dff2b0bb33 100644
--- a/src/plugins/help/qlitehtml/container_qpainter.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/help/qlitehtml/container_qpainter.cpp
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 
 #include "container_qpainter.h"
 
+#include <QClipboard>
 #include <QCursor>
 #include <QDebug>
 #include <QDir>
@@ -422,6 +423,9 @@ void Selection::update()
         selection = {};
         text.clear();
     }
+    QClipboard *cb = QGuiApplication::clipboard();
+    if (cb->supportsSelection())
+        cb->setText(text, QClipboard::Selection);
 }
 
 QRect Selection::boundingRect() const