Accessing the clipboard

Wiering · January 21, 2015, 1:19pm

Is there any way to access the clipboard from openfl? The class flash.desktop.Clipboard isn’t found in openfl.
In Flash I simply used a TextField, which automatically allowed copy and paste, but in openfl there were many problems with TextField, so now I’m writing my own, but I need a way to implement copy and paste.

AG_w · January 21, 2015, 6:57pm

if you are using cpp/neko
there’s a library called systools

github.com

waneck/systools/blob/dd3a14dca64ff43220581111c955f40bce062975/samples/1-clipboard/Test.hx

class Test {
		
	static function main() {
		var cbtext: String = systools.Clipboard.getText();
		trace("Current text on clipboard: "+ cbtext);
		
		systools.Clipboard.clear();
		trace("Cleared clipboard");
		
		cbtext = systools.Clipboard.getText();
		trace("Current text on clipboard: "+ cbtext);
		
		trace("Setting clipboard text to: Hello World");
		systools.Clipboard.setText("Hello World");
		
		cbtext = systools.Clipboard.getText();
		trace("Current text on clipboard: "+ cbtext);
		
		systools.Clipboard.clear();
		trace("Cleared clipboard (again)");

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singmajesty · January 22, 2015, 12:10am

There’s an easy API for it in SDL, I’d love to see it exposed in the Lime 2 API

Wiering · January 22, 2015, 4:00pm

Thank you, AG_w, that worked.

Yes, it would be nice to have a single API for all targets.