Help!! Copy JTextField to clipboard!

[goffy]

:confused:
Hi,
Making great progress on my Colour Picker, just wondering how i can copy my final hex value using a JButton, so the user will be able to paste it into another program.
I have the GUI set out with the button etc, just a bit stuck on the code in which i use to copy the JTextField VIA the JButton.

Any help will be very much appreciated!
Thanks, Goffy :p

[Fubarable]

You'll want to use a ClipBoard object and you'll get it from the Toolkit object. Then you'll want to convert your String to a StringSelection object. Something like:

        private void pasteToClipBoard() {
            Toolkit toolkit = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit();
            Clipboard clipboard = toolkit.getSystemClipboard();
            StringSelection selection = new StringSelection(myTextField.getText());
            clipboard.setContents(selection, null);
        }

The API for the Clipboard can help you fill in the details.

[goffy]

You'll want to use a ClipBoard object and you'll get it from the Toolkit object. Then you'll want to convert your String to a StringSelection object. Something like:

        private void pasteToClipBoard() {
            Toolkit toolkit = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit();
            Clipboard clipboard = toolkit.getSystemClipboard();
            StringSelection selection = new StringSelection(myTextField.getText());
            clipboard.setContents(selection, null);
        }

The API for the Clipboard can help you fill in the details.

Thanks for the reply, but i don't understand where my button comes into action with this?
Thanks again

[Fubarable]

Thanks for the reply, but i don't understand where my button comes into action with this?
Thanks again

If you don't understand how to use JButtons and call code from them using ActionListeners, then your best bet is to hit the Sun Swing tutorials. It's where most of us learned to code Swing.

Best of luck.

[Fubarable]

Here are some links for you:

How to use Buttons
How to Write an Action Listener

Much luck!

[goffy]

Here are some links for you:

How to use Buttons
How to Write an Action Listener

Much luck!

Thanks for the advice, will have a read now!

[curmudgeon]

That whole tutorial is worthwhile to study!