Source code for dragonfly.actions.action_paste

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"""
Paste action
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"""

import sys

from six                           import string_types

from dragonfly.actions.action_base import DynStrActionBase, ActionError
from dragonfly.actions.action_key  import Key
from dragonfly.windows.clipboard   import Clipboard


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[docs]class Paste(DynStrActionBase): """ Paste-from-clipboard action. Constructor arguments: - *contents* (*str* | *dict*) -- contents to paste. This may be a simple string to paste, a dynamic action *spec* or a dictionary of clipboard format ints to contents (typically strings). - *format* (*int*, clipboard format integer) -- clipboard format. This argument is ignored if *contents* is a dictionary. - *paste* (instance derived from *ActionBase*) -- paste action - *static* (boolean) -- flag indicating whether the specification contains dynamic elements This action inserts the given *contents* into the system clipboard, and then performs the *paste* action to paste it into the foreground application. By default, the *paste* action is the :kbd:`Ctrl-v` keystroke or :kbd:`Super-v` on a mac. The default clipboard format used by this action is the *Unicode* text format. """ _default_format = Clipboard.format_unicode # Default paste action spec. _default_paste_spec = "w-v/20" if sys.platform == "darwin" else "c-v/20" # pylint: disable=redefined-builtin def __init__(self, contents, format=None, paste=None, static=False): if not format: format = self._default_format if paste is None: # Pass use_hardware=True to guarantee that Ctrl+V is always # pressed, regardless of the keyboard layout. paste = Key(self._default_paste_spec, use_hardware=True) if isinstance(contents, string_types): spec = contents self.contents = None else: spec = "" self.contents = contents self.format = format self.paste = paste DynStrActionBase.__init__(self, spec, static=static) def _parse_spec(self, spec): if self.contents: return self.contents else: return spec def _execute_events(self, events): original = Clipboard() try: original.copy_from_system() except Exception as e: self._log.warning("Failed to store original clipboard contents:" " %s", e) # Store the contents to copy (i.e. *events*) in a Clipboard # instance using the specified (or default) format. If *events* is # a dictionary, then pass it instead. if isinstance(events, dict): clipboard = Clipboard(contents=events) else: clipboard = Clipboard(contents={self.format: events}) # Copy the contents to the system clipboard and paste using the # paste action. clipboard.copy_to_system() self.paste.execute() # Restore the original clipboard contents afterwards. This should # clear the clipboard if we failed to store the original contents # above. original.copy_to_system() return True