Hi Charles,
Your examples are about pasting;
> Both Apple's Pages and Microsoft’s Word software have key commands for
> pasting text into an existing document to match the current formatting (font).
But, your question is about copying;
> How do you script to accomplish this when copying text to the clipboard in a
> button so the user does not have to use keyboard commands?
However, you can manipulate the clipBoardData both when when copying and
pasting if you wish.
When copying the text, if you want the clipboard to contain unformatted (Plain)
text, then use this in a “Copy Unformatted" button:
on mouseUp
set the clipBoardData["text"] to the selection
end mouseUp
Or when pasting unformatted text, use this in a “Paste Unformatted” (= “Paste
and Match Style or Paste and Match Formatting”) button:
on mouseUp
put the clipBoardData["text"] into the selection
end mouseUp
Or if your app has a menu, then your Edit Menu script may look something like
this:
on menuPick pWhich
switch pWhich
case "Cut"
Cut
break
case "Copy"
Copy
break
case "Copy Plain Text"
set the clipBoardData["text"] to the selection
break
case "Paste"
Paste
break
case "Paste and Match Style"
put the clipBoardData["text"] into the selection
break
case "Clear"
Clear
break
case "Preferences"
go cd "Preferences"
break
end switch
end menuPick
By pasting Unformatted Text, the pasted text will take on the style of the text
at the selection point.
clipBoardData in the Dictionary explains more.
Have fun.
Paul
> On May 28, 2020, at 07:04, Charles Szasz via use-livecode
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Both Apple's Pages and Microsoft’s Word software have key commands for
> pasting text into an existing document to match the current formatting
> (font). How do you script to accomplish this when copying text to the
> clipboard in a button so the user does not have to use keyboard commands?
>
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