Class Clipboard

Provides static methods that facilitate transferring data to and from the system clipboard. In Silverlight 5, this access is limited to Unicode text strings.

Inheritance

System.Object

Clipboard

Inherited Members

System.Object.Equals(System.Object)

System.Object.Equals(System.Object, System.Object)

System.Object.GetHashCode()

System.Object.GetType()

System.Object.MemberwiseClone()

System.Object.ReferenceEquals(System.Object, System.Object)

System.Object.ToString()

Namespace: System.Windows

Assembly: OpenSilver.dll

Syntax

public static class Clipboard

Methods

ContainsTextAsync()

Queries the clipboard for the presence of data in the UnicodeText format.

Declaration

public static Task<bool> ContainsTextAsync()

Returns

Type	Description
System.Threading.Tasks.Task<System.Boolean>	true if the system clipboard contains Unicode text data; otherwise, false.

GetTextAsync()

Retrieves Unicode text data from the system clipboard, if Unicode text data exists.

Declaration

public static Task<string> GetTextAsync()

Returns

Type	Description
System.Threading.Tasks.Task<System.String>	If Unicode text data is present on the system clipboard, returns a string that contains the Unicode text data. Otherwise, returns an empty string.

SetTextAsync(String)

Sets Unicode text data to store on the clipboard, for later access with GetTextAsync().

Declaration

public static Task SetTextAsync(string text)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.String	text	A string that contains the Unicode text data to store on the clipboard.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Threading.Tasks.Task

Exceptions

Type	Condition
System.ArgumentNullException	text is null.