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The Clipboard API allows reading and writing to the clipboard in multiple formats.

Hierarchy

  • Base
    • Clipboard

Accessors

  • get me(): Identity
  • Returns Identity

    me should only be accessed from the fin global (FinApi.me); access through entity classes is not guaranteed to behave sensibly in all calling contexts.

Methods

  • Reads available formats for the clipboard type

    Parameters

    Returns Promise<string[]>

    fin.Clipboard.getAvailableFormats().then(formats => console.log(formats)).catch(err => console.log(err));
    
  • Read the content of the clipboard as Html

    Parameters

    Returns Promise<string>

    fin.Clipboard.readHtml().then(html => console.log(html)).catch(err => console.log(err));
    
  • Read the content of the clipboard as a base64 string or a dataURL based on the input parameter 'format', defaults to 'dataURL'

    Parameters

    Returns Promise<string>

    // see TS type: OpenFin.ImageFormatOptions

    const pngOrDataURLOrBmpOptions = {
    format: 'png', // can be: 'png' | 'dataURL' | 'bmp'
    };

    const jpgOptions = {
    format: 'jpg',
    quality: 80 // optional, if omitted defaults to 100
    };

    fin.Clipboard.readImage(pngOrDataURLOrBmpOptions)
    .then(image => console.log('Image read from clipboard as PNG, DataURL or BMP', image))
    .catch(err => console.log(err));

    fin.Clipboard.readImage(jpgOptions)
    .then(image => console.log('Image read from clipboard as JPG', image))
    .catch(err => console.log(err));

    // defaults to {format: 'dataURL'}
    fin.Clipboard.readImage()
    .then(image => console.log('Image read from clipboard as DataURL', image))
    .catch(err => console.log(err));
  • Read the content of the clipboard as Rtf

    Parameters

    Returns Promise<string>

    const writeObj = {
    data: 'some text goes here'
    };
    async function readRtf() {
    await fin.Clipboard.writeRtf(writeObj);
    return await fin.Clipboard.readRtf();
    }
    readRtf().then(rtf => console.log(rtf)).catch(err => console.log(err));
  • Read the content of the clipboard as plain text

    Parameters

    Returns Promise<string>

    fin.Clipboard.readText().then(text => console.log(text)).catch(err => console.log(err));
    
  • Writes data into the clipboard

    Parameters

    Returns Promise<void>

    fin.Clipboard.write({
    data: {
    text: 'a',
    html: 'b',
    rtf: 'c',
    // Can be either a base64 string, or a DataURL string. If using DataURL, the
    // supported formats are `data:image/png[;base64],` and `data:image/jpeg[;base64],`.
    // Using other image/<format> DataURLs will throw an Error.
    image: '...'
    }
    }).then(() => console.log('write data into clipboard')).catch(err => console.log(err));
  • Writes data into the clipboard as Html

    Parameters

    Returns Promise<void>

    fin.Clipboard.writeHtml({
    data: '<h1>Hello, World!</h1>'
    }).then(() => console.log('HTML On clipboard')).catch(err => console.log(err));
  • Writes data into the clipboard as an Image

    Parameters

    Returns Promise<void>

    fin.Clipboard.writeImage({
    // raw base64 string, or dataURL of either data:image/png or data:image/jpeg type
    image: '...'
    }).then(() => console.log('Image written to clipboard')).catch(err => console.log(err));
  • Writes data into the clipboard as Rtf

    Parameters

    Returns Promise<void>

    fin.Clipboard.writeRtf({
    data: 'some text goes here'
    }).then(() => console.log('RTF On clipboard')).catch(err => console.log(err));
  • Writes data into the clipboard as plain text

    Parameters

    Returns Promise<void>

    fin.Clipboard.writeText({
    data: 'hello, world'
    }).then(() => console.log('Text On clipboard')).catch(err => console.log(err));