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On copy? #255413 21/10/15 12:16 PM
Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 89 D dominic_eddy OP Babel fish
OP dominic_eddy Babel fish D Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 89	Hey all, when you highlight text, it automatically copies that text to the clipboard. Is there an event which is fired when a user selects/highlights that text and it is copied to the clipboard? I plan to make a script which will allow you to highlight certain text in a channel and then for it to be displayed in a separate window, as a way of easily creating logs/records etc.

Re: On copy? dominic_eddy #255415 21/10/15 12:40 PM
Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 4,149 France W Wims Hoopy frood
Wims Hoopy frood W Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 4,149 France	No such event I'm afraid, and you just can't workaround it. #mircscripting @ irc.swiftirc.net == the best mIRC help channel

Re: On copy? Wims #255418 21/10/15 03:45 PM
Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 89 D dominic_eddy OP Babel fish
OP dominic_eddy Babel fish D Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 89	That's darn unfortunate I'm going to make a suggestion in the 'feature suggestions' forum to add this event. I think an ON COPY or ON SELECT or ON HIGHLIGHT event would be really useful. Last edited by dominic_eddy; 21/10/15 03:49 PM.

Re: On copy? dominic_eddy #255420 21/10/15 07:14 PM
Joined: Feb 2015 Posts: 243 Greece O OrFeAsGr Fjord artisan
OrFeAsGr Fjord artisan O Joined: Feb 2015 Posts: 243 Greece	You might be able to make this happen by using On HOTLINK event. Check the help files for /clipboard and on hotlink Last edited by OrFeAsGr; 21/10/15 07:18 PM.

Re: On copy? OrFeAsGr #255425 21/10/15 09:55 PM
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Wims Hoopy frood W Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 4,149 France	On hotlink trigger when you put your mouse over a word in a line, it's not about highlighting/selecting text. #mircscripting @ irc.swiftirc.net == the best mIRC help channel

Re: On copy? Wims #255426 21/10/15 10:55 PM
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OrFeAsGr Fjord artisan O Joined: Feb 2015 Posts: 243 Greece	He could copy the whole line it's not exactly what he's looking for but it could work somehow.

Re: On copy? OrFeAsGr #255429 22/10/15 11:25 AM
Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 89 D dominic_eddy OP Babel fish
OP dominic_eddy Babel fish D Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 89	Thanks for letting me know about hotlink. It won't work as well sadly, but it may work well enough. I'll play around with it and see how it goes. I still think it would be awesome for mirc to have an 'on copy' event though.

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