[PoE 2 Overlay] 'Nothing to copy. Hover over an item and try again.'

Hello everyone!

I've never actually posted anything, but I saw many people were addressing this issue on the internet, yet nobody got any response or solution. That's why I think it is time to suggest something that worked for me.

Firstly, what was the problem? With the default Alt + E key, I was unable to do a price check on an item.
I also received the following messages on screen:

"

Failed to parse an item. If the problem persists, please report it.

or

"

Nothing to copy. Hover over an item and try again.

After searching all available resources on the internet, I tried various things that were suggested by some people on the internet, and none of them worked for me.


What I tried:

- Changed Alt + E to ` or any other key that wasn't bound to any action. (even though it didn't work I still recommend doing that to avoid further conflicts.)

- Checked Overwolf Privacy settings for any permissions.

- Tried executing price checks on windowed, windowed fullscreen, and fullscreen mods.

- Connected Overwolf to online and offline sessions of PoE2

- Verified integrity of game files on Steam.

- Updated PoE2 Overlay


However, as I mentioned before, nothing really worked out.

I was very frustrated because I met the same problem with the Overlay on the 0.1 update.

So I started digging.

I found out how it was supposed to work, and basically you copied the item info in the clipboard, and the Overlay pasted it in the market search. Basically an internal copy-paste.

So I tried Ctrl + C while hovering on the item and pasted it in my local text file, and I saw that item's info actually pasted.

And finally, what worked for me:

1. Make sure your overlay is open in-game and shows your actual info.

2. Make sure your hotkey doesn't conflict with any other key.

3. Open Inventory/Stash and hover over the item you want to evaluate.

4. Press Ctrl + C (nothing will indicate that item's info was copied but it's ok)

5. AFTER you copy the file info, press the hotkey to open the price check window.



If my method didn't work, you may actually try things I mentioned in the "What I tried" section.

Let me know if it worked for you!

Thanks man, your method fixed my problem, it was so frustrating lol. the control c then alt e worked flawlessly. cheers.