GDClip: Clip + Godot

Status: Unsupported as a similar feature now exists in Godot 4.2!

Version: v0.2

Language: GDNative (C++)

Tested on Godot Engine v3.4.x (Windows + Linux/X11 + macOS)

GDClip is a Windows/macOS/Linux copy/paste clipboard library wrapper of clip for Godot programs.

This repo also includes a small demo featuring paste functionality and unit tests.

Dependencies

• Common: make, scons, git
• Linux: gcc, libx11-dev/libx11-devel, libpng-dev/libpng-devel
• macOS: Command Line Tools for Xcode
• Windows: MSYS2, mingw-w64-cross-gcc

Building and Running Demo

0. Install required dependencies for your platform.

# Windows w/ MSYS2
pacman -S mingw-w64-cross-gcc scons make git
# macOS w/ Command Line Tools for Xcode
pip3 install scons
# Arch Linux
sudo pacman -S gcc libx11 libpng git make scons

1. Clone repo and build for your platform:

git clone https://github.com/hansemro/GDClip
cd GDClip
make PLATFORM=<linux|osx|windows> build

2. Open demo/project.godot in Godot.

3. Copy an image into clipboard before running demo.

If successful, you should see the image pasted in the center of the demo window.

If cross-compiling, see Wiki for more information.

GDClip API

get_version

String get_version()

Returns GDClip library version as Godot String.

clear

bool clear()

Clears clipboard content and returns true if successful.

get_text

String get_text()

Returns text content from clipboard as Godot String.

If there is no text in the clipboard, then an empty String is returned.

set_text

bool set_text(String text)

Set text in clipboard and returns true if successful.

If text is empty, then this function should return true.

has_image

bool has_image()

Returns true if clipboard contains an image and false otherwise.

get_image_size

PoolIntArray get_image_size()

Returns [width, height] of image in clipboard as PoolIntArray.

If there is no image, then this function returns [0, 0].

get_image_as_pbarray

PoolByteArray get_image_as_pbarray()

Returns PoolByteArray containing RGBA8888 values of the image in the clipboard.

If there is no image in the clipboard, then this function returns an empty PoolByteArray.

set_image_from_pbarray

bool set_image_from_pbarray(PoolByteArray image, uint32_t width, uint32_t height)

Set image in clipboard from PoolByteArray and returns true if successful.

Returns false if width or height is zero, or if PoolByteArray image size is less than width*height*sizeof(uint32_t).

Usage in GDScript Project

1. Clone repo inside Godot project and build library file(s) at GDClip/bin

git clone https://github.com/hansemro/GDClip
cd GDClip
make PLATFORM=<linux|osx|windows> build

2. Create gdclip.gdnlib (in GDClip/bin/) containing the following:

[general]

singleton=true
load_once=true
symbol_prefix="godot_"
reloadable=false

[entry]

X11.64="res://GDClip/bin/x11/libgdclip.so"
Windows.64="res://GDClip/bin/win64/libgdclip.dll"
OSX.64="res://GDClip/bin/osx/libgdclip.dylib"

[dependencies]

X11.64=[]
Windows.64=[]
OSX.64=[]

Update library paths if necessary.

3. Create gdclip.gdns file (in GDClip/bin/) containing the following:

[gd_resource type="NativeScript" load_steps=2 format=2]

[ext_resource path="res://GDClip/bin/gdclip.gdnlib" type="GDNativeLibrary" id=1]

[resource]
resource_name = "gdclip"
class_name = "GDClip"
library = ExtResource( 1 )

Update path if necessary.

4. Load gdclip.gdns as a resource in an appropriate GDScript file.

onready var gdclip = preload("res://GDClip/bin/gdclip.gdns").new()

5. Access GDClip API functions as needed.

# get text from clipboard
var text = gdclip.get_text()

# write text to clipboard
gdclip.set_text("Hello World")

# clear clipboard
gdclip.clear()

# get image and image size from clipboard and add to scene
var pbarray = gdclip.get_image_as_pbarray()
var size = gdclip.get_image_size()
var image = Image.new()
image.create_from_data(size[0], size[1], false, Image.FORMAT_RGBA8, pbarray)
var texture = ImageTexture.new()
texture.create_from_image(image)
var spr = Sprite.new()
spr.set_texture(texture)
spr.position = Vector2(100, 100)
SomeScene.add_child(spr)

License

• clip: MIT
• godot-cpp: MIT