I am trying to copy text to clipboard and access o...

# compose-desktop

[eloew]

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]

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

[eloew]

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

[Kirill Grouchnikov]

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

[Siyamed]

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

[jim]

Ah, that's right. It is implemented for Desktop, btw. So DesktopClipboardManager should be available via AmbientClipboardManager.current - much as I hate ambients. 😧

[jim]

DesktopClipboardManager is literally just a wrapper around Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit(), but at least it'll make your widgets be somewhat more platform independent.

[eloew]

Will look into the DesktopClipboardManager . My current app is only for the desktop.

[jim]

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

[eloew]

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.