Paste and Copy text

GeorgeJava

Can i paste or copy the text from computer? When i copy some text CTRL+C and can i paste to Processing app (CTRL+V)?

Eeyorelife

Do you mean the editor?

GeorgeJava

No i mean a text from keyboard..

Chrisir

Hello,

here you can get text data from the Win 10 clipboard inside your running sketch (you paste into the variable a1)

use space bar for ctrl-v (does run in P2D, not in P3D afaik)

Chrisir

// https: // forum.processing.org/two/discussion/27473/paste-and-copy-text#latest
// https: // forum.processing.org/two/discussion/17270/why-this-getx-method-is-missing-in-processing-3-1-1

import java.awt.datatransfer.Clipboard;
import java.awt.datatransfer.Transferable;
import java.awt.datatransfer.DataFlavor;
import java.awt.datatransfer.UnsupportedFlavorException;

String a1=""; 

void setup() {
  size(660, 660);
  a1 = GetTextFromClipboard();
}

void draw() {
  //
  background(0); 
  textAlign(CENTER);
  text("Hit space bar to paste from clipboard (Win 10, processing 3.3.7)", width/2, 26);
  text(a1, width/2, 66);
}

// --------------------------------------------------------------

void keyPressed() {
  if (key==' ') {
    a1 = GetTextFromClipboard ();
  }
}

String GetTextFromClipboard () {
  String text = (String) GetFromClipboard(DataFlavor.stringFlavor);

  if (text==null) 
    return "";

  return text;
}

Object GetFromClipboard (DataFlavor flavor) {

  Clipboard clipboard = getJFrame(getSurface()).getToolkit().getSystemClipboard();

  Transferable contents = clipboard.getContents(null);
  Object object = null; // the potential result 

  if (contents != null && contents.isDataFlavorSupported(flavor)) {
    try
    {
      object = contents.getTransferData(flavor);
      println ("Clipboard.GetFromClipboard() >> Object transferred from clipboard.");
    }

    catch (UnsupportedFlavorException e1) // Unlikely but we must catch it
    {
      println("Clipboard.GetFromClipboard() >> Unsupported flavor: " + e1);
      e1.printStackTrace();
    }

    catch (java.io.IOException e2)
    {
      println("Clipboard.GetFromClipboard() >> Unavailable data: " + e2);
      e2.printStackTrace() ;
    }
  }

  return object;
} 

static final javax.swing.JFrame getJFrame(final PSurface surf) {
  return
    (javax.swing.JFrame)
    ((processing.awt.PSurfaceAWT.SmoothCanvas)
    surf.getNative()).getFrame();
}
//

Eeyorelife

You are not makng any sense. Do you want to copy some text from for example this website and into the processing environment(/text editor)? If that is what you mean, the answer is yes.

Or do you mean into a sketch you've made? In which case you have to check for whether the user presses some keys.

quark

It is not clear what the OP wants but G4P supports copy and paste into the running sketch.

In this example sketch below click on the text area and press Ctrl + V to paste any text on the clipboard into the area. (You need to copy some text from elsewhere first obviously :D )

You will need to install G4P using the Contributions Manager for this sketch to run.

import g4p_controls.*;

GTextArea txaArea; 
public void setup(){
  size(320, 200, P2D);
  surface.setTitle("Paste from clipboard example");
  txaArea = new GTextArea(this, 10, 10, 300, 180, G4P.SCROLLBARS_BOTH | G4P.SCROLLBARS_AUTOHIDE);
  txaArea.setPromptText("Use Ctrl + V to paste some text here");
  txaArea.setOpaque(true);
}

public void draw(){
  background(230);

}

kfrajer

Relevant links:

https://forum.processing.org/two/discussions/tagged/clipboard
https://forum.processing.org/one/topic/copy-and-paste.html
https://forum.processing.org/one/topic/what-is-the-simplest-way-to-copy-to-the-clipboard-from-processing.html

Kf