From 41ebc1f9ae9d69b881dffb6fcee77b5041e510e6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Juergen Spitzmueller <spitz@lyx.org>
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2020 12:51:15 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Do not paste \t when pasting multiple table columns outside
 table (#4449)

(cherry picked from commit 6dd990560e439dd8a1c07230519033253e1ce77c)
---
 src/CutAndPaste.cpp | 4 +++-
 status.23x          | 2 ++
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/CutAndPaste.cpp b/src/CutAndPaste.cpp
index 9507b2b57f..dab14135b4 100644
--- a/src/CutAndPaste.cpp
+++ b/src/CutAndPaste.cpp
@@ -1090,7 +1090,9 @@ void copySelection(Cursor const & cur, docstring const & plaintext)
 		Paragraph par;
 		BufferParams const & bp = cur.buffer()->params();
 		par.setLayout(bp.documentClass().plainLayout());
-		par.insert(0, plaintext, Font(), Change(Change::UNCHANGED));
+		// Replace (column-separating) tabs by space (#4449)
+		docstring const clean_text = subst(plaintext, '\t', ' ');
+		par.insert(0, clean_text, Font(), Change(Change::UNCHANGED));
 		pars.push_back(par);
 		theCuts.push(make_pair(pars, bp.documentClassPtr()));
 	} else {
diff --git a/status.23x b/status.23x
index a536e01293..c27b58f73a 100644
--- a/status.23x
+++ b/status.23x
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ What's new
 
 - Fix background color of collapsible insets with sublabel.
 
+- Do not paste tabulators when pasting multiple cell outside table (bug 4449).
+
 
 * INTERNALS
 
-- 
2.39.5