Bug: Unable to copy text using keyboard shortcut

[jmshal]

Not sure if this is a deliberate choice made by the Adobe CEP developers, but I consider this a bug.

I have only tried this in InDesign so bar. Basically using the cmd+c keyboard shortcut after highlighting some text in the extension does not copy the text. But right clicking and selecting the "Copy" option does seem to work.

In addition: highlighting some text in an <input /> element & using the keyboard shortcut does work as expected.

Using contenteditable does fix the issue, but then you have the overhead of having to manually maintain the content. I do not consider this a viable workaround.

Using an <input /> element does fix the issue (as mentioned previously), but you have to manually manage the width/height of the element based on the content within & the parent element's dimensions.

I have yet to find a viable workaround for this bug - but maybe I'm missing something? It certainly seems as if this issue would have come up before now.

Additional info:

• macOS Sierra
• Adobe InDesign CC 2018
• CEP 7.0

[akibnavidkhan]

Shortcuts like cmd+c, cmd+x works only for editable field. For non-editable fields, extension has to register key events interested. For more information please refer to https://github.com/Adobe-CEP/CEP-Resources/blob/master/CEP_8.x/Documentation/CEP%208.0%20HTML%20Extension%20Cookbook.md#register-an-interest-in-specific-key-events

For eg. To copy text when cmd+c is pressed, extension has to register cmd+c using,

var CSLibrary = new CSInterface(); CSLibrary.registerKeyEventsInterest([{ "keyCode": 8, "metaKey": true }]);

function keyDownInBody(event) { if(event.keyCode == 67 && event.metaKey == true) { var selectedText = "" if (window.getSelection){ // all modern browsers and IE9+ selectedText = window.getSelection().toString(); document.execCommand("copy"); } }