fullDragData

Type

property

Summary

Provides access to the contents of the drag-and-drop clipboard.

Syntax

set the fullDragData[<key>] to <data>

set the fullDragData to empty

Description

Use the fullDragData to gain access to the system drag-and-drop clipboard.

If the contents of the drag-and-drop clipboard were placed there by another app, the clipboard will be automatically cleared when written to. If you want to do this explicitly, use set the fullDragData to empty.

The text, rtftext, htmltext, styles and styledtext properties are handled specially by LiveCode: adding any one of them will cause the rest to be automatically generated and added.

If you require lower-level access to the drag-and-drop clipboard, see the rawDragData property.

Examples

put the keys of the fullDragData

lock the clipboard
set the fullDragData["text"] to "Hello, World!"
set the fullDragData["html"] to "<p>Hello, World!</p>"
set the fullDragData["private"] to "MyCustomData"
unlock the clipboard

Value

Name	Type	Description
value		The fullDragData pseudo-array provides access to the data on the drag-and-drop clipboard. It should only be accessed during drag-and-drop operations. The keys for the fullDragData are: "text": plain text "rtftext": LiveCode rich text format data "htmltext": LiveCode HTML text "styledtext": array of LiveCode styled text "image": any of PNG, GIF or JPEG image "png": PNG image "gif": GIF image "jpeg": JPEG image "rtf": Rich Text Format data "html": HTML "styles": LiveCode styled text data "objects": LiveCode objects "files": List of newline-separated file paths "private": available for in-app use Note: More keys and data types may be added in the future

Related

glossary: clipboard, drag and drop

property: dragData, rawDragData

Compatibility and Support

Introduced

LiveCode 8.0

OS

mac

windows

linux

Platforms

desktop