Make it optional to paste long pasted content to an attachment

js/main.js

@@ -884,7 +884,7 @@ function setupPasteHandler() {
   textbox.addEventListener("paste", async (event) => {
     const text = event.clipboardData?.getData("text");
 
-    if (text && text.length > MAX_PLAIN_TEXT_LENGTH) {
+    if (text && text.length > MAX_PLAIN_TEXT_LENGTH && document.querySelector("#paste_to_attachment input[data-testid=\"checkbox\"]")?.checked) {
       event.preventDefault();
 
       const file = new File([text], "pasted_text.txt", {

modules/shared.py

@@ -223,6 +223,7 @@ settings = {
     'custom_token_bans': '',
     'negative_prompt': '',
     'dark_theme': True,
+    'paste_to_attachment': False,
     'default_extensions': [],
 
     # Character settings

modules/ui.py

@@ -268,6 +268,11 @@ def list_interface_input_elements():
     # Model elements
     elements += list_model_elements()
 
+    # Other elements
+    elements += [
+        'paste_to_attachment'
+    ]
+
     return elements
 
 
@@ -473,6 +478,7 @@ def setup_auto_save():
         # Session tab (ui_session.py)
         'show_controls',
         'theme_state',
+        'paste_to_attachment'
     ]
 
     for element_name in change_elements:

modules/ui_session.py

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ def create_ui():
                 gr.Markdown("## Settings")
                 shared.gradio['save_settings'] = gr.Button('Save settings to user_data/settings.yaml', elem_classes='refresh-button', interactive=not mu)
                 shared.gradio['toggle_dark_mode'] = gr.Button('Toggle light/dark theme 💡', elem_classes='refresh-button')
+                shared.gradio['paste_to_attachment'] = gr.Checkbox(label='Turn long pasted text into attachments in the Chat tab', value=shared.settings['paste_to_attachment'], elem_id='paste_to_attachment')
 
             with gr.Column():
                 gr.Markdown("## Extensions & flags")