https://github.com/aabuhijleh/electron-selected-text

Get selected text from any application
https://github.com/aabuhijleh/electron-selected-text

clipboard electron robotjs selection

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Get selected text from any application

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/aabuhijleh/electron-selected-text
• Owner: aabuhijleh
• License: mit
• Created: 2020-10-25T08:41:51.000Z (over 4 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2020-12-03T07:36:00.000Z (about 4 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-12-27T13:47:08.078Z (about 1 month ago)
• Topics: clipboard, electron, robotjs, selection
• Language: TypeScript
• Homepage:
• Size: 94.7 KB
• Stars: 29
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 4
• Open Issues: 1
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# Electron Selected Text

> Get selected text from any application using Electron's [clipboard](https://www.electronjs.org/docs/api/clipboard) and [robotjs](https://github.com/octalmage/robotjs)

For [Electron 9 and later](https://github.com/electron/electron/issues/18397), this module should only be used in the main process because [robotjs is not context aware](https://github.com/octalmage/robotjs/issues/580)

## Install

```

$ npm install electron-selected-text

```

## Usage

```ts

import { app } from "electron";

import { getSelectedText, registerShortcut } from "electron-selected-text";

const printSelectedText = (selectedText) => {

  console.log(`Selected Text: ${selectedText}`);

};

getSelectedText().then(printSelectedText);

app.whenReady().then(() => {

  const ret = registerShortcut("F6", printSelectedText);

  if (!ret) {

    console.warn("registration failed");

  }

});

```