I am trying to copy text to clipboard and access outside of kotlinlang #compose-desktop

I am trying to copy text to clipboard and access outside of compose app. Appears to be on the clipboard but I can't paste outside the compose app. Am I using the correct Clipboard code?

fun copyToClipboard(value: String) {

val c = Clipboard("")

val s = StringSelection(value)

c.setContents(s, s)

//Test

val stringValue = c.getData(DataFlavor.stringFlavor)

val data = c.getContents(null)

jim

01/08/2021, 7:50 PM

Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit()
        .getSystemClipboard()
        .setContents(
                new StringSelection(value),
                null
        );

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eloew

01/08/2021, 7:56 PM

thanks. Will try. Looks like I was using the wrong code.

Kirill Grouchnikov

01/08/2021, 8:22 PM

This is probably something that needs to be expected/actual with platform-specific implementations

Siyamed

01/08/2021, 8:53 PM

We do have a clipboard manager in compose, but maybe it wasn't implemented as mpp on desktop

jim

01/08/2021, 9:02 PM

Ah, that's right. It is implemented for Desktop, btw. So

DesktopClipboardManager

should be available via

AmbientClipboardManager.current

- much as I hate ambients. 😧

DesktopClipboardManager

is literally just a wrapper around

Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit()

, but at least it'll make your widgets be somewhat more platform independent.

eloew

01/08/2021, 9:27 PM

Will look into the

DesktopClipboardManager

. My current app is only for the desktop.

jim

01/08/2021, 9:29 PM

You never know when you might want to port your app to Android 😉

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eloew

01/08/2021, 9:34 PM

I rather be android programing. Just writing a simple tool to convert sql statments int linq statments for a project at work. They will be upset that I wrote it in Kotlin & Compose Desktop since it is a microsoft shop.

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