Steps to reproduce the issue: - copy some formatted text in HTML page - paste to Gmail composer (it works) - copy a http link - paste it to Gmail composer - it will paste the previously copied text (the paste works fine in the Gmail search bar or in the Epiphany URL bar) Workaround: using the middle-click mouse to paste the link. $ aptitude versions libwebkitgtk-3.0-0 Package libwebkitgtk-3.0-0: i A 2.4.8-2 Reported first on Epiphany bug tracker: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=737732 In case it helps, here's all the packages installed: $ aptitude search ~iwebkit i A gir1.2-webkit-3.0 i libkdewebkit5 i libqt5webkit5 i libqt5webkit5-dev id libqtscript4-webkit i libqtwebkit-dev i A libqtwebkit-qmlwebkitplugin i A libqtwebkit4 i A libswt-webkit-gtk-3-jni i A libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 i A libwebkitgtk-1.0-0 i A libwebkitgtk-1.0-common i A libwebkitgtk-3.0-0 i A libwebkitgtk-3.0-common i libwebkitgtk-3.0-dev i A libwebkitgtk-common-dev i libwebkitgtk-dev i A python-webkit
This bug is still valid in 2.8.1.