I also had problems initially getting the PASTE fuction to work in Firefox 1.0 using HTMLArea. I figured out that I was changing the wrong files.

This worked for me in the end:

1. Close all firefox windows/tabs.

2. Create a file named user.js in your PROFILE folder (see below) using notepad (make sure you can see file extensions first so you don't create a file named user.js.txt).

Your PROFILE folder is usually here for windows XP "C:\Documents and Settings\[User Name]\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\ Default.orj\“ and similar for Windows 2000.

Do NOT use the Firefox/Mozilla program folder (i.e. C:\Program Files\Mozilla\Firefox\….).

3. Add the following lines to the user.js file:

user_pref(”capability.policy.policynames“, ”allowclipboard“);
user_pref(”capability.policy.allowclipboard.sites“ , ”http://www.YourServerHere.com“);
user_pref(”capability.policy.allowclipboard.Clipbo ard.cutcopy“, ”allAccess“);
user_pref(”capability.policy.allowclipboard.Clipbo ard.paste“, ”allAccess");

4. Replace ‘www.YourServerHere.com’ with your server (make sure this is the same as the address listed in the Global Configuration section of Mambo Admin).

5. Save the file, close notepad and restart your computer.

Now you should be able to cut-and-paste in HTMLarea. If not, use ‘SHIFT-INSERT’ as a replacement for Ctrl-V, that will work as a last resort.