Expose Clipboard#read/write with data transfer

[liang2zhu1]

Can you provide HTML clipboard access which is available in Electron? i.e. expose that in extHostClipboard.ts

[jrieken]

We have no plans of exposing any of the "custom" electron API but our plan is to explore the JS standard APIs: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Clipboard. Once read/write is ready, and supported in Electron, we will expose them in the API.

[liang2zhu1]

Thanks for the answer, sad but makes sense.

[jrieken]

I keeping this open so that we can tackle this once the underlying API is ready

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[spottedmahn]

If this was implemented, would that allow for more than text in the Clipboard API?

Looks like this Paste Image extension doesn't work in WSL b/c of this?

Remote -> Tips & Tricks -> Clipboard does not work

Unfortunately, this may cause the extension to incorrectly integrate with the clipboard on the remote side.
Resolution: The extension can switch to the VS Code clipboard API to resolve the problem.

[mmdjiji]

But I saw https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Clipboard/read, mozilla standard supports read() method, which can be used to get image from the clipboard.

[Lemmingh]

@mmdjiji

Everyone here is already aware of the Clipboard API, and waits patiently. You don't need to ping or bump. Just click Subscribe.

The specification is managed by W3C, not Mozilla.

The APIs still have a long way to go before becoming production-ready, and receive very limited support now.

[mmdjiji]

@mmdjiji

Everyone here is already aware of the Clipboard API, and waits patiently. You don't need to ping or bump.

The specification is managed by W3C, not Mozilla.

The APIs still have a long way to go before becoming production-ready, and receive very limited support now.

Okay, thank you! I am sorry about my ping or bump, and I will wait for it.

[vscodenpa]

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Thanks for your understanding, and happy coding!

[jrieken]

There is still no good support across browsers for this: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Clipboard#browser_compatibility

[tkluck]

There is still no good support across browsers for this: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Clipboard#browser_compatibility

Some time has passed and this seems pretty well supported by now 🥳 I'd be interested in this API should it become available, so I'm just posting a gentle bump here.