[Patternfly] [Patternfly-angular] 'Copy to clipboard' component

[Robb Hamilton]

On Wed, Feb 22, 2017 at 9:43 AM, Alexandre Briani Kieling
<abrianik at redhat.com> wrote:
> The usual use case would be copying some text visible on the page (either in
> a text box or not) and pasting it somewhere else, usually in another app.
> Some examples: an URL, a console command, a snippet of code, etc. From an UI
> point of view, it's just a button.
> This library looks good: https://sachinchoolur.github.io/ngclipboard/

the plain javascript version of this utility is employed on
patternfly.org and in openshift web console.  the only “issue” we’ve
seen with it is lack of mobile safari support; in this case, we hide
the copy button.

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> On Wed, Feb 22, 2017 at 11:28 AM, Matt Carrano <mcarrano at redhat.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Alexandre,
>>
>> Thanks for bringing this up.  But just a couple of questions.  What would
>> be the common use case for this?  Is this intended just to enable cut, copy,
>> and paste from text fields on forms and similar places?  How does it
>> interact with native browser copy and paste functionality?
>>
>> I've added the main PatternFly mailing list on the cc in case others want
>> to comment.  I suspect that the patternfly-angular list has a smaller
>> audience.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Matt
>>
>> On Tue, Feb 21, 2017 at 8:19 PM, Alexandre Briani Kieling
>> <abrianik at redhat.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Leslie,
>>>
>>> There are open-source libraries to add the 'Copy to clipboard'
>>> functionality to Angular apps. I think it might make sense to add a
>>> component to angular-patternfly if several users/contributors need such
>>> component, already depend on angular-patternfly, and prefer to abstract the
>>> implementation behind an AngularJS component.
>>>
>>> I didn't get many responses so it might not be a very useful component.
>>>
>>> Thanks for getting in touch.
>>>
>>> Alexandre
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Feb 21, 2017 at 9:07 PM, Leslie Hinson <lhinson at redhat.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hey Alexandre,
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for reaching out! Are you interested in contributing this? If so,
>>>> what exactly did you have in mind? Does this include contributing the icon?
>>>> What mechanism were you thinking for the impl?
>>>>
>>>> Look forward to chatting more,
>>>> Leslie
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Feb 6, 2017 at 11:59 AM, Alexandre Briani Kieling
>>>> <abrianik at redhat.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>
>>>>> I was wondering if it makes sense to add a 'Copy to clipboard'
>>>>> component to the project.
>>>>> What do you guys think?
>>>>>
>>>>> Best regards,
>>>>> Alexandre Kieling
>>>>>
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>>>
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>>> Alexandre Kieling
>>> Senior Software Engineer
>>> Red Hat, Inc. | JBoss Middleware
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>>
>>
>> --
>> Matt Carrano
>> Sr. Interaction Designer
>> Red Hat, Inc.
>> mcarrano at redhat.com
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> Alexandre Kieling
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