Hello! Great news - WebKit upstream has officially fixed the image pasting issue that this package addresses.
The official fix was merged into WebKit's main branch: https://github.com/WebKit/WebKit/commit/d7d1107bc9b63b1a7aef053d6f900cc81bd28204
This commit (301877@main) resolves Bug 218519 with a cleaner and more comprehensive solution that supports 6 image formats (png, jpeg, gif, bmp, icon), includes additional bug fixes for file paths handling, uses proper fake filenames for each image type, and will be officially maintained going forward.
Timeline:
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Current stable: 2.50.4 (does NOT include the fix)
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Unstable/Development: 2.51.90 (includes the fix - released Jan 23, 2026)
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Next stable: Will likely be 2.52.0 (expected to include the fix)
Action needed: Once webkit2gtk-4.1 reaches version 2.52.0 (or whenever the fix lands in stable), this patched package will become obsolete. Consider adding a note in the PKGBUILD about deprecation timing.
Thanks for maintaining this package - it's been very helpful to the community while we waited for the official fix!
Pinned Comments
q234rty commented on 2022-08-01 15:49 (UTC)
This is a patched version of webkit2gtk-4.1 w/ image data pasting support.
This is based on the original patch in https://github.com/ttys3/archlinux-webkit2gtk, modified to use proper filenames and support larger images.