My RichTextBox's cut/copy/paste doesn't cut, copy, or paste

Question

Here's my code:

void CutAction(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    richTextBox2.Cut();
}

void CopyAction(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    Clipboard.SetData(DataFormats.Rtf, richTextBox2.SelectedRtf);
    Clipboard.Clear();
}

void PasteAction(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    if (Clipboard.ContainsText(TextDataFormat.Rtf))
    {
        richTextBox2.SelectedRtf
            = Clipboard.GetData(DataFormats.Rtf).ToString();
    }
}

private void richTextBox2_MouseUp(object sender, MouseEventArgs e)
{
    if (e.Button == System.Windows.Forms.MouseButtons.Right)
    {   //click event
        //MessageBox.Show("you got it!");
        ContextMenu contextMenu = new System.Windows.Forms.ContextMenu();
        MenuItem menuItem = new MenuItem("Cut");
        menuItem.Click += new EventHandler(CutAction);
        contextMenu.MenuItems.Add(menuItem);
        menuItem = new MenuItem("Copy");
        menuItem.Click += new EventHandler(CopyAction);
        contextMenu.MenuItems.Add(menuItem);
        menuItem = new MenuItem("Paste");
        menuItem.Click += new EventHandler(PasteAction);
        contextMenu.MenuItems.Add(menuItem);

        richTextBox2.ContextMenu = contextMenu;
    }
} 

I have 2 problems:

• After marking the text in richTextbox2 I need to simulate a right click on the mouse to see the cut paste copy menu.
• When I click on Copy I can't afterwards paste it anywhere because there is nothing to paste. I didn't test yet the cut and paste options but after doing copy it's not working.

Answer 1

Remove the Clipboard.Clear();

void CopyAction(object sender, EventArgs e) {
  Clipboard.SetData(DataFormats.Rtf, richTextBox2.SelectedRtf);            
}

You can also use the Copy() method of a RichTextBox:

void CopyAction(object sender, EventArgs e) {
 richTextBox2.Copy();
}

For paste:

void PasteAction(object sender, EventArgs e) {
   if (Clipboard.ContainsText(TextDataFormat.Rtf)) {
      SendKeys.Send("^v");
   } 
}