I am writing a popover menu bar app in OS X.
The goal is to copy the selected text of the currently active application (not my popover) into my app so I can use it as a String.
Figured it out!
NOTE: You have to delay the paste function. copyText() needs time to write to the pasteboard.
func copyText() {
// Clear pasteboard
pasteBoard.clearContents()
let src = CGEventSourceCreate(CGEventSourceStateID.HIDSystemState)
//let cmdd = CGEventCreateKeyboardEvent(src, 0x37, true)
let cmdu = CGEventCreateKeyboardEvent(src, 0x37, false)
let c_down = CGEventCreateKeyboardEvent(src, 0x08, true)
let c_up = CGEventCreateKeyboardEvent(src, 0x08, false)
// Set Flags
CGEventSetFlags(c_down, CGEventFlags.MaskCommand)
CGEventSetFlags(c_up, CGEventFlags.MaskCommand)
let loc = CGEventTapLocation.CGHIDEventTap
//CGEventPost(loc, cmdd)
CGEventPost(loc, c_down)
CGEventPost(loc, c_up)
CGEventPost(loc, cmdu)
}
func paste() -> String {
let lengthOfPasteboard = pasteBoard.pasteboardItems!.count
print(lengthOfPasteboard)
var theText = ""
if lengthOfPasteboard > 0 {
theText = pasteBoard.pasteboardItems![0].stringForType("public.utf8-plain-text")!
} else {
theText = "Nothing Coppied"
}
//print(theText)
return theText
}
I'm calling this from AppDelegate.swift, not the ViewController. So that it will hopefully copy the text before my popover becomes the active/focused window.