From 0f8ad128b65869d683253753a477c0ccafca9bf2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: JJ Liebig <jonathan.liebig@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2026 15:30:04 +0200
Subject: fix: read Windows clipboard images in WSL (#3572)

refs #3376
---
 src/platform/linux.rs | 43 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 43 insertions(+)

(limited to 'src/platform')

diff --git a/src/platform/linux.rs b/src/platform/linux.rs
index f3ba0429..8efe7357 100644
--- a/src/platform/linux.rs
+++ b/src/platform/linux.rs
@@ -478,6 +478,13 @@ pub fn open_url(url: &str) -> std::io::Result<Option<std::process::Child>> {
 }
 
 pub fn read_clipboard_image() -> Option<ClipboardImage> {
+    if running_inside_wsl() {
+        if let Some(image) = read_wsl_clipboard_image_with_command(|program| Command::new(program))
+        {
+            return Some(image);
+        }
+    }
+
     for (mime, extension) in [
         ("image/png", "png"),
         ("image/jpeg", "jpg"),
@@ -508,6 +515,24 @@ pub fn read_clipboard_image() -> Option<ClipboardImage> {
     None
 }
 
+fn read_wsl_clipboard_image_with_command(
+    mut command: impl FnMut(&str) -> Command,
+) -> Option<ClipboardImage> {
+    let mut command = command("powershell.exe");
+    command.args([
+        "-NoProfile",
+        "-NonInteractive",
+        "-STA",
+        "-Command",
+        "$ErrorActionPreference='Stop'; Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Windows.Forms; Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Drawing; $image=[System.Windows.Forms.Clipboard]::GetImage(); if ($null -eq $image) { exit 1 }; $stream=[System.IO.MemoryStream]::new(); try { $image.Save($stream, [System.Drawing.Imaging.ImageFormat]::Png); [Console]::OpenStandardOutput().Write($stream.GetBuffer(), 0, [int]$stream.Length) } finally { $stream.Dispose(); $image.Dispose() }",
+    ]);
+    let bytes = read_clipboard_image_with_spawned_command(command)?;
+    bytes_match_image_signature("png", &bytes).then_some(ClipboardImage {
+        bytes,
+        extension: "png",
+    })
+}
+
 fn read_validated_clipboard_image(
     program: &str,
     args: &[&str],
@@ -1494,6 +1519,24 @@ mod tests {
         );
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn read_wsl_clipboard_image_accepts_png_from_windows_command() {
+        assert_eq!(
+            read_wsl_clipboard_image_with_command(|program| {
+                assert_eq!(program, "powershell.exe");
+                let mut command = Command::new("sh");
+                command
+                    .arg("-c")
+                    .arg("printf '\\211PNG\\r\\n\\032\\nrest-of-image'");
+                command
+            }),
+            Some(ClipboardImage {
+                bytes: b"\x89PNG\r\n\x1a\nrest-of-image".to_vec(),
+                extension: "png",
+            })
+        );
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn image_signatures_match_only_their_format() {
         assert!(bytes_match_image_signature("png", b"\x89PNG\r\n\x1a\n..."));
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