Edit:copy()

Edit:copy()method

Copies the Edit current selection to the Windows clipboard. If no current selection exists, nothing is copied to the clipboard.

Return value

This function returns no value.

Example


--! luart-extensions
import ui

-- create a fixed Window to hold the buttons
local win = ui.Window("Edit:copy() sample", "fixed", 420, 230)
local label = ui.Label(win, "Enter text : ", 10, 10)
local edit = ui.Edit(win, "", label.x + label.width + 8, label.y)
local button = ui.Button(win, "Copy text", edit.x + edit.width + 8, edit.y)

function button:onClick()
	edit:copy()
	ui.info("You have copied '"..sys.clipboard.."' to the clipboard")
end

win:show()
-- update user interface
repeat
	ui.update()
	-- enabled 'copy' button only if Edit current selection is not nil
	button.enabled = edit.selected ~= nil
until not win.visible