Re: Problem with Strings in the Clipboard

[Bruce Steers <bsteers4@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 19 Jan 2026 at 17:46, Claus Dietrich <claus.dietrich@xxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Am 19.01.26 um 15:30 schrieb Gianluigi:
> > Hi Claus,
> >
> > I probably didn't understand
> > And if you do this:
> > [code]Public Sub Form_Open()
> >
> >   TextArea1.Text = "https://www.gambas-buch.de";
> >
> > End
> >
> > Public Sub Button1_Click()
> >
> >   If Clipboard.Type = Clipboard.Text Then
> >     Clipboard.Copy(TextArea1.Text, "text/html")
> >     ' Clipboard.Copy(TextArea1.Text, "text/plain")
> >     TextArea2.Text = Clipboard.Paste()
> >   Endif
> >
> > End[/code]
> >
> > With Best Regards
> > Gianluigi
>
> Then the result is ok.
>
> Here a summary of my observations and conclusions:
>
> 1    If the Source is a Gambas TextArea:
>
>         a) the context-menu-item "copy" of the TextArea delivers a HTML
> page to the clipboard. Why is that?
>
>         b) the function Clipboard.Copy(TextArea1.Text) delivers text to
> the clipboard.
>
> 2.  If the source is external (i.e. Writer) the
> function Clipboard.Paste() may return Null.
>
> The only way to always obtain usable text from the clipboard was the use
> of Clipboard.Paste("text/plain") - for whatever reason.
>
> Best regards
>
> Claus
>
> P.S: My observation about URLs and my interpretation of "Support for
> URIs" was wrong. It seems that I was "lost in the woods".


Yes you got it Claus :)
Clipboard.Paste() with no mime parameter will use whatever mime
Clipboard.Format is.

I find it odd a TextArea copies as html by default.  A TextLabel i would
understand but not a TextArea

But i would assume this is not a gambas issue but just how the underlying
toolkits work.

Respects
BruceS