ToDesktop Selected Text

Retrieve the selected text from any application.

# Installation

Install @todesktop/client-selected-text in your client-side application using

        npm install @todesktop/client-selected-text

      

Installation of the plugin package is also necessary. Using ToDesktop Builder, navigate to Plugins. Click on the Explore button for "Selected Text" and install the package.

# Usage

Gets selected text by synthesizing the keyboard shortcut "CommandOrControl+c" then reading text from the clipboard

# getSelectedText

        import { getSelectedText } from "@todesktop/client-selected-text";

getSelectedText().then((selectedText) => console.log(selectedText));

      

# registerShortcut

Registers a global shortcut of accelerator. The callback is called with the selected text when the registered shorcut is pressed by the user

Returns true if the shortcut was registered successfully

        import { registerShortcut } from "@todesktop/client-selected-text";

const isRegistered = registerShortcut("F6", (selectedText) =>
  console.log(selectedText)
);

      

# unregisterShortcut

Unregisters a global shortcut of accelerator and is equivalent to electron.globalShortcut.unregister

        import { unregisterShortcut } from "@todesktop/client-selected-text";

unregisterShortcut("F6"); // void