From fe39bc3588690382543c6abe3d4dfc949a23245f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Benoit Pierre <benoit.pierre@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2022 18:51:58 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/4] gui_qt/utils: add `ActionCopyViewSelctionToClipboard`
 helper

Create an action that copy a view current selection to
clipboard when triggered with the standard "copy" shortcut.
---
 plover/gui_qt/utils.py | 16 +++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/plover/gui_qt/utils.py b/plover/gui_qt/utils.py
index e51a17a2f..3549d596a 100644
--- a/plover/gui_qt/utils.py
+++ b/plover/gui_qt/utils.py
@@ -1,12 +1,26 @@
-
 from PyQt5.QtCore import QSettings
+from PyQt5.QtGui import QGuiApplication, QKeySequence
 from PyQt5.QtWidgets import (
+    QAction,
     QMainWindow,
     QToolBar,
     QToolButton,
     QWidget,
 )
 
+from plover import _
+
+
+def ActionCopyViewSelectionToClipboard(view):
+    def copy_selection_to_clipboard():
+        indexes = view.selectedIndexes()
+        data = view.model().mimeData(indexes)
+        QGuiApplication.clipboard().setMimeData(data)
+    action = QAction(_('Copy selection to clipboard'))
+    action.setShortcut(QKeySequence(QKeySequence.Copy))
+    action.triggered.connect(copy_selection_to_clipboard)
+    return action
+
 
 def ToolButton(action):
     button = QToolButton()

From 7b0a95b3b108693bf3bfc4a2880ee5e9109fe5e3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Benoit Pierre <benoit.pierre@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2022 18:53:54 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/4] gui_qt/paper_tape: support copying the selection to
 clipboard

---
 plover/gui_qt/paper_tape.py | 21 ++++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/plover/gui_qt/paper_tape.py b/plover/gui_qt/paper_tape.py
index 76e94d241..62b180676 100644
--- a/plover/gui_qt/paper_tape.py
+++ b/plover/gui_qt/paper_tape.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 from PyQt5.QtCore import (
     QAbstractListModel,
+    QMimeData,
     QModelIndex,
     Qt,
 )
@@ -16,9 +17,9 @@
 
 from plover import _, system
 
-from plover.gui_qt.paper_tape_ui import Ui_PaperTape
-from plover.gui_qt.utils import ToolBar
-from plover.gui_qt.tool import Tool
+from .paper_tape_ui import Ui_PaperTape
+from .utils import ActionCopyViewSelectionToClipboard, ToolBar
+from .tool import Tool
 
 
 STYLE_PAPER, STYLE_RAW = (
@@ -98,6 +99,17 @@ def append(self, stroke):
         self._stroke_list.append(stroke)
         self.endInsertRows()
 
+    def mimeTypes(self):
+        return ['text/plain']
+
+    def mimeData(self, indexes):
+        data = QMimeData()
+        data.setText('\n'.join(filter(None, (
+            self.data(index, Qt.DisplayRole)
+            for index in indexes
+        ))))
+        return data
+
 
 class PaperTape(Tool, Ui_PaperTape):
 
@@ -116,6 +128,9 @@ def __init__(self, engine):
         self.header.setContentsMargins(4, 0, 0, 0)
         self.styles.addItems(TAPE_STYLES)
         self.tape.setModel(self._model)
+        self.tape.setSelectionMode(self.tape.ExtendedSelection)
+        self._copy_action = ActionCopyViewSelectionToClipboard(self.tape)
+        self.tape.addAction(self._copy_action)
         # Toolbar.
         self.layout().addWidget(ToolBar(
             self.action_ToggleOnTop,

From f4b604512892714c97a64b2738f2c9aab18c6b34 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Benoit Pierre <benoit.pierre@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2022 18:55:00 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 3/4] gui_qt/suggestions_widget: support copying the selection
 to clipboard

---
 plover/gui_qt/suggestions_widget.py | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)

diff --git a/plover/gui_qt/suggestions_widget.py b/plover/gui_qt/suggestions_widget.py
index 9256c34e0..c6755a25c 100644
--- a/plover/gui_qt/suggestions_widget.py
+++ b/plover/gui_qt/suggestions_widget.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from PyQt5.QtCore import (
     QAbstractListModel,
+    QMimeData,
     QModelIndex,
     Qt,
 )
@@ -19,6 +20,8 @@
 from plover import _
 from plover.translation import escape_translation
 
+from .utils import ActionCopyViewSelectionToClipboard
+
 
 # i18n: Widget: “SuggestionsWidget”.
 NO_SUGGESTIONS_STRING = _('no suggestions')
@@ -138,12 +141,26 @@ def extend(self, suggestion_list):
         self._suggestion_list.extend(suggestion_list)
         self.endInsertRows()
 
+    def mimeTypes(self):
+        return ['text/plain']
+
+    def mimeData(self, indexes):
+        data = QMimeData()
+        data.setText('\n'.join(filter(None, (
+            self.data(index, Qt.AccessibleTextRole)
+            for index in indexes
+        ))))
+        return data
+
 
 class SuggestionsWidget(QListView):
 
     def __init__(self, parent=None):
         super().__init__(parent=parent)
         self.setResizeMode(self.Adjust)
+        self.setSelectionMode(self.ExtendedSelection)
+        self._copy_action = ActionCopyViewSelectionToClipboard(self)
+        self.addAction(self._copy_action)
         self._model = SuggestionsModel()
         self._delegate = SuggestionsDelegate(self)
         self.setModel(self._model)

From e6ff9b73a7762069fdc9067cdb7b5868f90f309d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Benoit Pierre <benoit.pierre@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2022 19:04:22 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 4/4] add news entry

---
 news.d/feature/1539.ui.md | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
 create mode 100644 news.d/feature/1539.ui.md

diff --git a/news.d/feature/1539.ui.md b/news.d/feature/1539.ui.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2ca9e6e2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news.d/feature/1539.ui.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Change the paper tape / suggestions widget selection mode to "extended" (allow selecting multiple items, support shift/control), and allow copying the current selection to clipboard using the standard copy shortcut.