Edit.copy() | LuaRT free and open source Windows programming framework for Lua

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


local ui = require "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