Bug 6726 - [Tasks] implement copy-paste for task list
Summary: [Tasks] implement copy-paste for task list
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Platform
Classification: Eclipse Project
Component: SWT (show other bugs)
Version: 2.0   Edit
Hardware: All All
: P3 enhancement (vote)
Target Milestone: ---   Edit
Assignee: Veronika Irvine CLA
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Keywords: investigate
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Blocks: 16096
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Reported: 2001-12-10 09:34 EST by Michael Moser CLA
Modified: 2006-04-24 16:09 EDT (History)
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Description Michael Moser CLA 2001-12-10 09:34:02 EST 
Copy/paste of task-list items is only supported for apps that support rich text 
not those that support plain text only:

* I tried to drag and drop a task to a new Notes-mail ("new memo"): I
only get a no-entry sign.
* I tried to drag to an freshly created outlook mail: I get an
indication, that I can drop the stuff there, but when I release the
mouse button nothing happens.
* I tried to drag it to Word: there it works as you described, i.e. I
get a "report for 1 marker" plus misc. text (Resource:, Message:,
etc.)

PLEASE implement copy/paste such that it allow to select&copy the strings that 
one SEES on the screen and that it can be used with applications that support 
plain text paste only!

Michael
Comment 1 Kevin Haaland CLA 2001-12-18 21:37:37 EST 
This is similiar to the cut/copy/paste work that you are Karice are working on.
Comment 2 Nick Edgar CLA 2002-01-31 09:35:20 EST 
Should also do cut.

Copy should output tab-delimited text containing all columns for all selected 
tasks.
Paste should accept this and recreate tasks.
For problem markers, copy should be supported but not paste (can only paste 
task markers).
Comment 3 Randy Giffen CLA 2002-05-27 23:33:38 EDT 
Copy to text is implemented.
Paste from text is not since there are issues of dealing with incorrect 
selections (clipboard contents)
Comment 4 Randy Giffen CLA 2002-08-08 17:14:02 EDT 
Reopen for investigation
Comment 5 Chris McLaren CLA 2003-02-13 12:34:08 EST 
i'd like to see the possibility to ensuring that drag/drop to external sources 
works the same as paste. i don't want to do 'paste from text'.
Comment 6 Jeff Halhead CLA 2003-03-19 13:10:02 EST 
We are using TextTransfer and MarkerTransfer as the transfer types so there is 
no reason that plain text applications should not accept. Transferring to 
platform-SWT.
Comment 7 Veronika Irvine CLA 2003-03-24 11:36:34 EST 
What platform are you using?  I have tried copying a task from Eclipse 2.1 and 
pasting it into Notes and this works on Windows XP.

As far as dragging the item into Notes, we are transferring data of type 
CF_UNICODETEXT which is what is expected on a unicode platform and Notes is 
expecting CF_TEXT.  We could provide both forms.  The CF_TEXT form is actually 
not quite right since it will fail for some characters but we could provide 
this to be compatible with applications like Notes.
Comment 8 Veronika Irvine CLA 2003-04-01 07:11:51 EST 
*** Bug 16096 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 9 Veronika Irvine CLA 2006-04-24 16:09:07 EDT 
I think all the issues with this have been resolved.  Please reopen if there are still items to do.