Github user jmuehlner commented on a diff in the pull request: https://github.com/apache/incubator-guacamole-client/pull/24#discussion_r68862714 --- Diff: guacamole/src/main/webapp/app/clipboard/directives/guacClipboard.js --- @@ -0,0 +1,312 @@ +/* + * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one + * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file + * distributed with this work for additional information + * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file + * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the + * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance + * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at + * + * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 + * + * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, + * software distributed under the License is distributed on an + * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY + * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the + * specific language governing permissions and limitations + * under the License. + */ + +/** + * A directive which exposes the current clipboard contents, if possible, + * allowing the user to edit those contents. If the current clipboard contents + * cannot be directly accessed, the user can at least directly copy/paste data + * within the field provided by this directive. The contents of this clipboard + * directive, whether retrieved from the local or manipulated manually by the + * user, are exposed via the "data" attribute. In addition to updating the + * "data" attribute, changes to clipboard data will be broadcast on the scope + * via "guacClipboard" events. + */ +angular.module('clipboard').directive('guacClipboard', ['$injector', + function guacClipboard($injector) { + + // Required types + var ClipboardData = $injector.get('ClipboardData'); + + /** + * Configuration object for the guacClipboard directive. + * + * @type Object.<String, Object> + */ + var config = { + restrict : 'E', + replace : true, + templateUrl : 'app/clipboard/templates/guacClipboard.html' + }; + + // Scope properties exposed by the guacClipboard directive + config.scope = { + + /** + * The data to display within the field provided by this directive. If + * the local clipboard can be accessed by JavaScript, this will be set + * automatically as the local clipboard changes. Failing that, this + * will be set when the user manually modifies the contents of the + * field. Changes to this value will be rendered within the field and, + * if possible, will be pushed to the local clipboard. + * + * @type ClipboardData + */ + data : '=' + + }; + + // guacClipboard directive controller + config.controller = ['$scope', '$injector', '$element', + function guacClipboardController($scope, $injector, $element) { + + // Required services + var $rootScope = $injector.get('$rootScope'); + var $window = $injector.get('$window'); + var clipboardService = $injector.get('clipboardService'); + + /** + * Reference to the window.document object. + * + * @private + * @type HTMLDocument + */ + var document = $window.document; + + /** + * Map of all currently pressed keys by keysym. If a particular key is + * currently pressed, the value stored under that key's keysym within + * this map will be true. All keys not currently pressed will not have entries + * within this map. + * + * @type Object.<Number, Boolean> + */ + var keysCurrentlyPressed = {}; + + /** + * Map of all currently pressed keys (by keysym) to the clipboard + * contents received while those keys were pressed. All keys not + * currently pressed will not have entries within this map. + * + * @type Object.<Number, Blob> + */ + var clipboardDataFromKey = {}; + + /** + * The FileReader to use to read File or Blob data received from the + * clipboard. + * + * @type FileReader + */ + var reader = new FileReader(); + + /** + * The content-editable DOM element which will contain the clipboard + * contents within the user interface provided by this directive. + * + * @type Element + */ + var element = $element[0]; + + // Intercept paste events, handling image data specifically + element.addEventListener('paste', function dataPasted(e) { + + // Always clear the current clipboard contents upon paste + element.innerHTML = ''; + + // If we can't read the clipboard contents at all, abort + var clipboardData = e.clipboardData; --- End diff -- If there's a way to decide whether it's an image before clearing the text, I think that would be good to do. It's unexpected and undesirable in my opinion for all the text currently in the clipboard to disappear without warning if you paste more text. I think it will make people unhappy.
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