2018 answer Use clipboard-cli. It works with macOS, Windows, Linux, OpenBSD, FreeBSD, and Android without any real issues. Install it with: Then you can do: If you want, you can alias to cb by putting the following in your .bashrc, .bash_profile, or .zshrc:
I just need a python script that copies text to the clipboard. After the script gets executed i need the output of the text to be pasted to another source. Is it possible to write a python script that does this job?
I’m using ReactJS and when a user clicks a link I want to copy some text to the clipboard. I am using Chrome 52 and I do not need to support any other browsers. I can’t see why this code does not result in the data being copied to the clipboard. (the origin of the … Read more
The * register will do this. In Windows, + and * are equivalent. In unix there is a subtle difference between + and *: Under Windows, the * and + registers are equivalent. For X11 systems, though, they differ. For X11 systems, * is the selection, and + is the cut buffer (like clipboard). http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Accessing_the_system_clipboard * is probably what you want most of the time, so … Read more
The “* and “+ registers are for the system’s clipboard (:help registers). Depending on your system, they may do different things. For instance, on systems that don’t use X11 like OSX or Windows, the “* register is used to read and write to the system clipboard. On X11 systems both registers can be used. See :help x11-selection for more details, but basically the “* is … Read more
There are three primary browser APIs for copying to the clipboard: Async Clipboard API [navigator.clipboard.writeText] Text-focused portion available in Chrome 66 (March 2018) Access is asynchronous and uses JavaScript Promises, can be written so security user prompts (if displayed) don’t interrupt the JavaScript in the page. Text can be copied to the clipboard directly from a variable. Only … Read more
What is the best way to copy text to the clipboard (multi-browser)? I have tried: But in Internet Explorer it gives a syntax error. In Firefox, it says unsafeWindow is not defined. A nice trick without using Flash: How does Trello access the user’s clipboard?