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J .A
J .A

Reputation: 63

How to copy selected item in list box in C#?

How to copy selected item in list box to clipboard, using right click "Copy" menu?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 19402

Answers (4)

Spinstaz
Spinstaz

Reputation: 331

I clicked on my listbox to create an automatic function inside the form class.

private void listBox1_SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
 Clipboard.SetDataObject(this.listBox1.SelectedItem.ToString());
}

I added the Clipboard.SetDataObject() line and it works.

Upvotes: 0

Christo Carstens
Christo Carstens

Reputation: 853

To copy all the items in the listbox to the clipboard:

Clipboard.SetText( string.Join( Environment.NewLine, ListBox1.Items.OfType<string>() ) );

To copy just the selected lines in the listBox to the clipboard (listbox SelectionMode is MultiExtended):

Clipboard.SetText( string.Join( Environment.NewLine, ListBox1.SelectedItems.OfType<string>() ) );

Upvotes: 7

Taco2
Taco2

Reputation: 439

If you want to select an item, and do ctrl + c then use this code:

 private void listBox1_KeyDown(object sender, KeyEventArgs e)
    {
        if (e.Control == true && e.KeyCode == Keys.C)
        {
            string s = listBox1.SelectedItem.ToString();
            Clipboard.SetData(DataFormats.StringFormat, s);
        }
    }

Upvotes: 10

Jason
Jason

Reputation: 661

To manipulate text in the clipboard, you can use the static Clipboard class:

    Clipboard.SetText("some text");

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.clipboard(v=vs.110).aspx

Upvotes: 2

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