SOLVED: Copy/Paste issue

@barnettsab HWS+

Jun '24

So, I have an app where I have replaced the copy/paste menu item with custom code. I need to be able to use copy/paste to copy and paste a custom object, so I call to functions in my view model:

            Button("Copy") {
                mainViewModel?.copyToPasteBoard()
            }
            .keyboardShortcut("c", modifiers: .command)
            .disabled(!hasSelection)

            Button("Paste") {
                mainViewModel?.pasteFromPasteboard()
            }
            .keyboardShortcut("v", modifiers: .command)
            .disabled(!hasSelection)

This works great.

However, I also have a popup sheet that allows me to edit my data. Nothing special in there, just some TextFields:

                TextField("", text: $vm.text)
                    .themedFont(for: .nodeEditTitle)
                    .padding(.bottom)

The problem I don't know how to address is, when editing the data, I can press <ctrl>c and <ctrl>v to copy and paste data in the TextField, but it's the menu that is triggered and that,in turn, calls my view model to copy and paste the object. I can stop the view model doing the copy and paste by detecting whether the edit sheet is displayed, but the copy/paste isn't passed on to the TextField in the sheet.

What I need to be able to do is direct <ctrl>c and <ctrl>v to the TextField on the sheet and to ignore the menu. I don't know how to do that.

Thanks Steve.

@barnettsab HWS+

Jun '24

As ever, not long after posting this, I come up with an obvious solution... Change the code such that, when I'm editing an item, i don't override the default menus:

    public var body: some Commands {
        if mainViewModel?.editItem != nil {
            EmptyCommands()
        } else {
            CommandGroup(replacing: .pasteboard) {
                Button("Edit Item") {

It feels like a bit of a hack rather than a solution, but it's a start.

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