

Windows and macOS do not support the global mouse selection they only supports the global clipboard, i.e.This find clipboard can be accessed by specifying the FindBuffer mode. MacOS supports a separate find buffer that holds the current search string in Find operations. For instance, Nautilus expects files to be supplied with a x-special/gnome-copied-files MIME type with data beginning with the cut/copy action, a newline character, and the URL of the file. Since there is no standard way to copy and paste files between applications on X11, various MIME types and conventions are currently in use.You should not store or retrieve the clipboard contents in response to timer or non-user-input events. mouse button or key presses and releases. Similarly, it is recommended that the contents of the clipboard are stored or retrieved in direct response to user-input events, e.g. the clipboard will not function properly if the event loop is not running. Lastly, the X11 clipboard is event driven, i.e.it will not notify all applications that the selection or clipboard data changed.

X11 also has the concept of ownership if you change the selection within a window, X11 will only notify the owner and the previous owner of the change, i.e.By convention, the middle mouse button is used to paste the global mouse selection. The global mouse selection may later be copied to the clipboard. When text is selected, it is immediately available as the global mouse selection. The X11 Window System has the concept of a separate selection and clipboard.SetPixmap(qvariant_cast (mimeData - >imageData())) Const QClipboard *clipboard = QApplication ::clipboard() Ĭonst QMimeData *mimeData = clipboard - >mimeData()
