Can extensions put rich text (with links) onto the clipboard

bjohas

Hi all, Hi @emilianoheyns,

Is it possible for extensions to put rich text (with links) onto the clipboard?

For example, the 'generate bib' option (right-click menu) can put formatted text onto the clipboard, including links: e.g. for APA, the DOIs come out not just as text but as links.

Is it possible to do that via a right-click in an extension?

(@emilianoheyns, I'd like some of the right-clicks in the extension you built to produce rich text with links instead. https://github.com/edtechhub/zotero-edtechhub)

bwiernik

Both the default copy and HTML copy (available from the Cite menu of Zotero preferences) will copy references with live links. Whether those are preserved when you paste depends on the features available in the program you paste to. The HTML copy mode might work for you.

(Please don’t tag specific people for general questions. This all has to do with regular Zotero features, not any of Emiliano’s plugins.)

dstillman

Just to avoid confusion: it's Quick Copy (not HTML copy), it's configured in the Export (not Cite) pane, and you actually don't want HTML mode here, which copies HTML markup as plain text. It's when "Copy as HTML" is unchecked that Zotero will put rich text on the clipboard.

See https://github.com/zotero/zotero/blob/ea427892068078779c9c2fc499458b1745c3e512/chrome/content/zotero/fileInterface.js#L642 for an example.

(But please post coding questions to zotero-dev, not here.)

emilianoeheyns

See https://groups.google.com/g/zotero-dev/c/ZSF3yRYUQeI

bjohas

Thank you!!

qqbb

The code linked to above is explained in the MDN Web Docs. See the copyLinkToClipboard function there. (I've occasionally used this with the JavaScript API for code related to Zutilo issue #105.)

bjohas

Thanks for comment @qqbb. I made those changes to our code, see here: https://github.com/edtechhub/zotero-edtechhub