Name: clipboard

Type: function

Syntax: the clipboard

Syntax: clipboard()

Summary: <return|Returns> the type of information on the <clipboard>.

Introduced: 1.0

OS: mac,windows,linux

Platforms: desktop,web

Example:

if the clipboard is "text" then paste

Example:

if the clipboard is empty then answer "Nothing to paste!"

Returns: The <clipboard> <function> <return|returns> text, image, objects, or empty.

Description:

Check the <clipboard> <function> before using the <paste> <command>, to ensure that you're pasting the right kind of data.

The value of the <clipboard> <function> is a <string> describing what kind of data is on the <clipboard>. LiveCode can paste text that has been cut or copied, or picture content from an image, one or more <object|objects> that have been cut or copied.

If the clipboard has nothing in it, or the contents of the clipboard is a type of data that is not text, image data, or objects, the <clipboard> <function> <return|returns> empty.

>*Tip:* To get or change the data on the <clipboard>, use the <clipboardData> <property>.

Changes:

The ability to sense image data on the clipboard was added in version 2.0.

References: clipboardData (property), object (object), string (keyword), command (glossary), return (glossary), property (glossary), clipboard (function), copy (command), cut (command), paste (command), function (control_st), lock clipboard (command), unlock clipboard (command), rawClipboardData (property), fullClipboardData (property)

Tags: ui, clipboard