Clipboard actions to multiple controls and types : How?

[zxandris]

Okay, here's my issue.  I've set up an action hooked to CTRL+V, for instance, for paste, which will now only paste into a memo.  But there are multiple controls on that form that I would like to paste with the shortcut key.  Now, outside of using ActiveControl and checking every name, is there a way I can paste to any viable control that is focused?

This is something I would love to be able to do with any of the clipboard actions, and potentially others, too.  Is there a nice way of doing this? Can I, cast to a class that won't crash for any TEdit, TMemo, TSynEdit, and File edit controls and trigger its built-in action.  This is one for the knowledgeable here, I think.

Thanks in advance,

CJ

[jamie]

Lookup WM_PASTE mrssage and related

[cdbc]

Hi
Remove your 'Ctrl+V'-action and let the controls handle it themselves...?!?
Regards Benny

[zxandris]

Okay thanks people for replying.

Thanks "jamie" I went searching on WM_Paste and it provided the solutions to my woes or rather https://dsiders.gitlab.io/lazdocsnext/lcl/lclintf/sendmessage.html did.

I couldn't just let the controls handle themselves for that action or rather remove my shortkey because I have special handling so what I did in the end was check ActiveControls name field for my three specials, or rather it wasn't then and instead I :-

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1.      if ActiveControl<>nil then
2.      begin
3.           try
4.              if (ActiveControl.Name<>'memEdit') and (ActiveControl.Name<>'synEdit') and (ActiveControl.Name<>'lvList') then
5.              begin
6.                   SendMessage(ActiveControl.Handle, WM_Paste, 0, 0)
7.              end else
8.              begin
9.                  // Special
10.              end;
11.          except
12.             // Error Handling
13.          end;
14. end;
15.  

Basically rather cut down that's what I did.  Feels oddly clunky but it does work.  For anyone that is in a similar situation that was the solution thanks to those above this message.

Thank you!

CJ