add support for copying the paper tape / suggestions widget selection to clipboard

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.

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,

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)

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()