Function toClipboard

gui/utils/clipboard.py:8–35

Copy text to clipboard. Explicitly uses CLIPBOARD selection, not PRIMARY. On X11 systems, wxPython can confuse between PRIMARY and CLIPBOARD selections, causing "already open" errors. This function ensures we always use CLIPBOARD. See: https://discuss.wxpython.org/t/wx-thecl

(text)

def toClipboard(text):
    """
    Copy text to clipboard. Explicitly uses CLIPBOARD selection, not PRIMARY.

    On X11 systems, wxPython can confuse between PRIMARY and CLIPBOARD selections,
    causing "already open" errors. This function ensures we always use CLIPBOARD.

    See: https://discuss.wxpython.org/t/wx-theclipboard-pasting-different-content-on-every-second-paste/35361
    """
    clipboard = wx.TheClipboard
    try:
        # Explicitly use CLIPBOARD selection, not PRIMARY selection
        # This prevents X11 confusion between the two clipboard types
        clipboard.UsePrimarySelection(False)

        if clipboard.Open():
            try:
                data = wx.TextDataObject(text)
                clipboard.SetData(data)
                return True
            finally:
                clipboard.Close()
        else:
            logger.debug("Failed to open clipboard for writing")
            return False
    except Exception as e:
        logger.warning("Error writing to clipboard: {}", e)
        return False


def fromClipboard():