diff --git a/src/buffer/out/textBuffer.cpp b/src/buffer/out/textBuffer.cpp
index 1fbf1bbea1d..705c8d97777 100644
--- a/src/buffer/out/textBuffer.cpp
+++ b/src/buffer/out/textBuffer.cpp
@@ -1581,10 +1581,12 @@ const TextBuffer::TextAndColor TextBuffer::GetText(const bool includeCRLF,
// - backgroundColor - default background color for characters, also used in padding
// - fontHeightPoints - the unscaled font height
// - fontFaceName - the name of the font used
-// - htmlTitle - value used in title tag of html header. Used to name the application
// Return Value:
// - string containing the generated HTML
-std::string TextBuffer::GenHTML(const TextAndColor& rows, const int fontHeightPoints, const std::wstring_view fontFaceName, const COLORREF backgroundColor, const std::string& htmlTitle)
+std::string TextBuffer::GenHTML(const TextAndColor& rows,
+ const int fontHeightPoints,
+ const std::wstring_view fontFaceName,
+ const COLORREF backgroundColor)
{
try
{
@@ -1594,7 +1596,7 @@ std::string TextBuffer::GenHTML(const TextAndColor& rows, const int fontHeightPo
// HTML boiler plate required for CF_HTML
// as part of the HTML Clipboard format
const std::string htmlHeader =
- "
" + htmlTitle + "";
+ "";
htmlBuilder << htmlHeader;
htmlBuilder << "";
diff --git a/src/buffer/out/textBuffer.hpp b/src/buffer/out/textBuffer.hpp
index 351444820ba..4b409e7b95f 100644
--- a/src/buffer/out/textBuffer.hpp
+++ b/src/buffer/out/textBuffer.hpp
@@ -158,8 +158,7 @@ class TextBuffer final
static std::string GenHTML(const TextAndColor& rows,
const int fontHeightPoints,
const std::wstring_view fontFaceName,
- const COLORREF backgroundColor,
- const std::string& htmlTitle);
+ const COLORREF backgroundColor);
static std::string GenRTF(const TextAndColor& rows,
const int fontHeightPoints,
diff --git a/src/cascadia/PublicTerminalCore/HwndTerminal.cpp b/src/cascadia/PublicTerminalCore/HwndTerminal.cpp
index 55b4d1066bf..79bebbe1705 100644
--- a/src/cascadia/PublicTerminalCore/HwndTerminal.cpp
+++ b/src/cascadia/PublicTerminalCore/HwndTerminal.cpp
@@ -727,7 +727,7 @@ HRESULT HwndTerminal::_CopyTextToSystemClipboard(const TextBuffer::TextAndColor&
int const iFontHeightPoints = fontData.GetUnscaledSize().Y; // this renderer uses points already
const COLORREF bgColor = _terminal->GetBackgroundColor(_terminal->GetDefaultBrushColors());
- std::string HTMLToPlaceOnClip = TextBuffer::GenHTML(rows, iFontHeightPoints, fontData.GetFaceName(), bgColor, "Hwnd Console Host");
+ std::string HTMLToPlaceOnClip = TextBuffer::GenHTML(rows, iFontHeightPoints, fontData.GetFaceName(), bgColor);
_CopyToSystemClipboard(HTMLToPlaceOnClip, L"HTML Format");
std::string RTFToPlaceOnClip = TextBuffer::GenRTF(rows, iFontHeightPoints, fontData.GetFaceName(), bgColor);
diff --git a/src/cascadia/TerminalControl/TermControl.cpp b/src/cascadia/TerminalControl/TermControl.cpp
index b3ff614757b..44466e62c35 100644
--- a/src/cascadia/TerminalControl/TermControl.cpp
+++ b/src/cascadia/TerminalControl/TermControl.cpp
@@ -2054,11 +2054,13 @@ namespace winrt::Microsoft::Terminal::TerminalControl::implementation
}
// convert text to HTML format
+ // GH#5347 - Don't provide a title for the generated HTML, as many
+ // web applications will paste the title first, followed by the HTML
+ // content, which is unexpected.
const auto htmlData = TextBuffer::GenHTML(bufferData,
_actualFont.GetUnscaledSize().Y,
_actualFont.GetFaceName(),
- _settings.DefaultBackground(),
- "Windows Terminal");
+ _settings.DefaultBackground());
// convert to RTF format
const auto rtfData = TextBuffer::GenRTF(bufferData,
diff --git a/src/interactivity/win32/Clipboard.cpp b/src/interactivity/win32/Clipboard.cpp
index f6620da7200..6103d573535 100644
--- a/src/interactivity/win32/Clipboard.cpp
+++ b/src/interactivity/win32/Clipboard.cpp
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ void Clipboard::CopyTextToSystemClipboard(const TextBuffer::TextAndColor& rows,
int const iFontHeightPoints = fontData.GetUnscaledSize().Y * 72 / ServiceLocator::LocateGlobals().dpi;
const COLORREF bgColor = ServiceLocator::LocateGlobals().getConsoleInformation().GetDefaultBackground();
- std::string HTMLToPlaceOnClip = TextBuffer::GenHTML(rows, iFontHeightPoints, fontData.GetFaceName(), bgColor, "Windows Console Host");
+ std::string HTMLToPlaceOnClip = TextBuffer::GenHTML(rows, iFontHeightPoints, fontData.GetFaceName(), bgColor);
CopyToSystemClipboard(HTMLToPlaceOnClip, L"HTML Format");
std::string RTFToPlaceOnClip = TextBuffer::GenRTF(rows, iFontHeightPoints, fontData.GetFaceName(), bgColor);