Clipboard

What can I copy?

When copying, different scenari could appear (cf. void ClipboardManagerImpl::copy(SPDesktop *desktop)):

If Inkscape is in Gradient mode and a gradient is selected, the selected gradient is copied
If Inkscape is in Color picker mode, the color under the cursor is copied
If Inkscape is in Text mode and if a text is selected, the selected text is copied
In all other cases, the objects selected are copied

What can I paste?

Default behaviour

When pasting, the clipboard items will be scaned at a predefined order (cf. ClipboardManagerImpl::ClipboardManagerImpl()) but the idea is to search data in the clipboard following this order:

Inkscape SVG ressource
- image/x-inkscape-svg
SVG ressource
- image/svg+xml
- image/svg+xml-compressed
Others vector formats:
- PDF ressource
- Adobe Illustrator ressource

If no ressource is found, other formats are searched (cf. bool ClipboardManagerImpl::paste(SPDesktop *desktop, bool in_place)):

Windows users only: EMF ressource
Image ressource
Text string

Special behaviour

Those behaviours are accessible via keyboard shortcuts and/or menus:

Paste path effect (Path menu) (cf. bool ClipboardManagerImpl::pastePathEffect(SPDesktop *desktop))
Paste size (Edit menu) (cf. bool ClipboardManagerImpl::pasteSize(SPDesktop *desktop, bool separately, bool apply_x, bool apply_y))
Paste style (Edit menu) (cf. bool ClipboardManagerImpl::pasteStyle(SPDesktop *desktop))

Developpers informations

How can I allow pasting a new SVG mimetype?

Nota: this section is underwriting and should be used with caution.

Default non-Inkscape SVG mimetype is image/svg+xml. In order to deal with others non-Inkscape SVG mimetypes, do the following:

In src/ui/clipboard.cpp
1. Locate ClipboardManagerImpl::ClipboardManagerImpl()
2. Just after the image/svg+xml mimetype, add a new line with your mimetype
3. Locate ClipboardManagerimpl::_retrieveClipboard()
4. The goal here is to change the mimetype from yours to the default non-Inkscape SVG mimetype. Locate the if test which set the target to the default non-Inkscape SVG mimetype
5. Add a new case in the if with your mimetype

Source files