Let me begin by saying I am a beginner programmer and I know my last code statement is incorrect. I am writing a notepad application and I can't quite figure out how to cut text. I know that when you cut text all you are doing is copying the selected text to the clipboard, and then deleting the selected text. As I said I know the syntax is wrong I'm just trying to show what I'm attempting to do.
private void pasteToolStripMenuItem_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
textBox1.Text = Clipboard.GetText(); // will paste whatever text is copied to clipboard
}
private void copyToolStripMenuItem_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
Clipboard.SetText(textBox1.SelectedText);//copies whatever text is selected in my textbox
}
private void clearClipboardToolStripMenuItem_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
Clipboard.Clear();//clears clipboard
}
private void cutToolStripMenuItem_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
Clipboard.SetText(textBox1.SelectedText);
textBox1.SelectedText == "";//line I know is incorrect
}
The best way to do this is to just delegate the operation to the TextBox
:
That said, if you want to do it manually, the problem with your line of code is that you are using the ==
operator instead of the =
operator. The code you wrote would work, using the correct operator. :)
Note that textBox1.SelectedText = Clipboard.GetText();
would be a more typical "paste" implementation. There's nothing wrong with replacing the entire text box's text if that's really what you mean to do, but it could surprise some users.