Re: PSA: HTML fragment mode interaction between Chromium, Clipboard & Notepad++

On 2026-02-10 13:55, Paul wrote:
> On Tue, 2/10/2026 7:17 AM, Maria Sophia wrote:
>> PSA: HTML fragment mode interaction between Chromium, Clipboard & Notepad++


> As I understand it, the Clipboard can have multiple representations
> on it at one time. Sometimes a person pastes into Notepad.exe and
> then copies a text again, as a means of "cleaning" any multi-item
> clipboards.

I think it goes back to Windows 3, I remember reading technical 
documents about it. I also think that the source application can put the 
metadata on the clipboard, but delays putting the actual data till the 
client actually requests it. Imagine pasting a picture in several large 
formats, it is expensive to store all format choices there.

> 
> What you need in hand, is a clipboard viewer, to see what is on offer
> and what Notepad++ may have accessed as its choice. So far, I have not
> spotted the "perfect" chunk of code for this.
> 

Ah, no perfect clipboard app yet?

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Cheers,
        Carlos E.R.