#123 Copy command for OWLMaker Build Output

[Ognyan Chernokozhev]

It will be useful to be able to select one or many lines in the OWLMaker build output tabs and copy them to the clipboard.

Note that this feature request is a duplicate of [feature-requests:#67] (which will now be deleted):

The "All messages" page in the "Build Output" window displays the build output in a list box, one item per line. There is no support for a cursor and hence no support for marking and copying text. This page should use a read-only edit control instead of a list box, to allow full support for marking and copying text.

The "Warnings" and "Errors" page should add commands to copy the selected message, as well as all messages. Ideally, multi-selection should be supported.

The "Build summary" should at least support a command to copy the complete summary as a table to the clipboard (CSV and/or HTML).

[Ognyan Chernokozhev]

Implemented copy to clipboard for single selection in [r3966] using Vidar's code from https://sourceforge.net/p/owlnext/discussion/97175/thread/61f17de6/#1e3b .

Further improvements would be to allow copy from multi-selection, and adding the Copy command to a context menu on right-click.

[Vidar Hasfjord]

Great! Although I have wanted this feature many times, and despite even testing out that code snippet I posted in the forum, I didn't connect the two in my head and realise how easy it would be to add. I was too distracted by coding issues to see the practical use of it. Thanks!

Let me know if/when you want me to release an updated OWLMaker, or feel free to do so yourself.

[Vidar Hasfjord]

Should we close this ticket?

[Ognyan Chernokozhev]

Just added context menu in [r4412].

Next I will work on having multi-select copy to clibpboard.

[Vidar Hasfjord]

Hi Jogy,

Nice work on the multi-selection copy functionality!

However, there is one issue I noticed. The standard keyboard shortcut for extending a selection is Shift+Arrow keys. And Ctrl+Arrow keys is the standard shortcut for moving the focus between items without selecting (to allow selecting non-consecutive items using the keyboard).

Unfortunately, I have used these shortcuts to jump between errors and warnings, respectively (see Search menu).

So perhaps these shortcuts should be changed, and the standard shortcuts for extending the selection implemented/restored. For example, Alt+Arrow keys and Alt+Shift+Arrow keys could be used instead to jump between errors and warnings, respectively.

PS. I've updated the shortcuts for error and warning search as noted. See [r4420].