#3371 webappclientservice: add sending of clipboard content as text

Signed-off-by: Patrizio Bekerle <[email protected]>

Author: pbek

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@
 
 ## 25.10.4
 
-- Sending of HTML clipboard content was fixed (for [#3371](https://github.com/pbek/QOwnNotes/issues/3371))
+- There now is a menu action to the **send clipboard as text** to another instance
+  of QOwnNotes (for [#3371](https://github.com/pbek/QOwnNotes/issues/3371))
+- **Sending of HTML clipboard content** to another instance of QOwnNotes was fixed
+  (for [#3371](https://github.com/pbek/QOwnNotes/issues/3371))
 - A PPA for Ubuntu 26.04 (Resolute Raccoon) was added
   - See [Install on Ubuntu](https://www.qownnotes.org/installation/ubuntu.html)
     for more information on how to install the PPA

src/mainwindow.cpp

@@ -2760,7 +2760,10 @@ void MainWindow::readSettingsFromSettingsDialog(const bool isAppLaunch) {
     }
 
     initGlobalKeyboardShortcuts();
-    ui->actionSend_clipboard->setEnabled(Utils::Misc::isWebAppSupportEnabled());
+
+    const bool isWebAppSupportEnabled = Utils::Misc::isWebAppSupportEnabled();
+    ui->actionSend_clipboard->setEnabled(isWebAppSupportEnabled);
+    ui->actionSend_clipboard_as_text->setEnabled(isWebAppSupportEnabled);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -6342,6 +6345,7 @@ void MainWindow::generateSystemTrayContextMenu() {
 
     menu->addSeparator();
     menu->addAction(ui->actionSend_clipboard);
+    menu->addAction(ui->actionSend_clipboard_as_text);
     menu->addSeparator();
 
     const QList<NoteFolder> noteFolders = NoteFolder::fetchAll();
@@ -12508,3 +12512,19 @@ void MainWindow::on_actionSend_clipboard_triggered() {
         }
     });
 }
+
+void MainWindow::on_actionSend_clipboard_as_text_triggered() {
+    // We need to show the window because on some systems the clipboard
+    // can't be accessed if the app is not focused
+    showWindow();
+
+    // We need a delay because otherwise the clipboard can't be properly accessed on some systems
+    QTimer::singleShot(1000, this, [this] {
+        if (_webAppClientService->sendClipboardAsText()) {
+            showStatusBarMessage(tr("Clipboard text sent successfully"), QStringLiteral("✅"),
+                                 3000);
+        } else {
+            showStatusBarMessage(tr("Failed to send clipboard text"), QStringLiteral("⚠️"), 5000);
+        }
+    });
+}

src/mainwindow.h

@@ -734,6 +734,8 @@ class MainWindow : public QMainWindow {
 
     void on_actionSend_clipboard_triggered();
 
+    void on_actionSend_clipboard_as_text_triggered();
+
    public:
     /** Settings access **/
     static bool isInDistractionFreeMode();

src/mainwindow.ui

@@ -1207,6 +1207,7 @@ li.checked::marker { content: "\2612"; }
     <addaction name="actionManage_stored_images"/>
     <addaction name="actionManage_stored_attachments"/>
     <addaction name="actionSend_clipboard"/>
+    <addaction name="actionSend_clipboard_as_text"/>
     <addaction name="menuExtra"/>
     <addaction name="separator"/>
     <addaction name="actionCheck_spelling"/>
@@ -2892,6 +2893,15 @@ li.checked::marker { content: &quot;\2612&quot;; }
     <string>Send clipboard</string>
    </property>
   </action>
+  <action name="actionSend_clipboard_as_text">
+   <property name="icon">
+    <iconset theme="document-share" resource="breeze-qownnotes.qrc">
+     <normaloff>:/icons/breeze-qownnotes/16x16/document-share.svg</normaloff>:/icons/breeze-qownnotes/16x16/document-share.svg</iconset>
+   </property>
+   <property name="text">
+    <string>Send clipboard as text</string>
+   </property>
+  </action>
  </widget>
  <layoutdefault spacing="6" margin="11"/>
  <customwidgets>

src/services/webappclientservice.cpp

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include <QSslError>
 #include <QWebSocket>
 #include <QtWebSockets>
+#include <memory>
 
 #include "metricsservice.h"
 #include "services/settingsservice.h"
@@ -77,6 +78,7 @@ void WebAppClientService::close() {
  */
 bool WebAppClientService::keepClipboard() {
     QClipboard *clipboard = QApplication::clipboard();
+    _clipboardTextContent = clipboard->text();
     const QMimeData *mimeData = clipboard->mimeData();
     const QPixmap pixmap = clipboard->pixmap();
     if (!pixmap.isNull()) {
@@ -113,6 +115,17 @@ bool WebAppClientService::sendClipboard() const {
     return true;
 }
 
+bool WebAppClientService::sendClipboardAsText() const {
+    if (_clipboardTextContent == "") {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    qDebug() << __func__ << "_clipboardTextContent: " << _clipboardTextContent;
+
+    sendInsertIntoClipboard(QStringLiteral("text/plain"), _clipboardTextContent);
+    return true;
+}
+
 void WebAppClientService::initClipboardService() {
     QClipboard *clipboard = QApplication::clipboard();
 

src/services/webappclientservice.h

@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ class WebAppClientService : public QObject {
     void open();
     void close();
     bool sendClipboard() const;
+    bool sendClipboardAsText() const;
 
    private slots:
     void onConnected();
@@ -49,6 +50,7 @@ class WebAppClientService : public QObject {
     QWebSocket *_webSocket{};
     QString _clipboardMimeType;
     QString _clipboardContent;
+    QString _clipboardTextContent;
     QString _url;
     const int _heartbeatTime = 600000;    // heartbeat data transmission time interval in ms
     const int _reconnectHeartbeatTimerCount =