Clipboard

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API Reference

Read and write to the system clipboard using the clipboard plugin.

Supported Platforms

This plugin requires a Rust version of at least 1.75

Platform	Level	Notes
windows
linux
macos
android		Only plain-text content support
ios		Only plain-text content support

Setup

Install the clipboard plugin to get started.

Automatic

Use your project’s package manager to add the dependency:

npm

npm run tauri add clipboard-manager

yarn

yarn run tauri add clipboard-manager

pnpm

pnpm tauri add clipboard-manager

bun

bun tauri add clipboard-manager

cargo

cargo tauri add clipboard-manager

Manual

1. Run the following command in the src-tauri folder to add the plugin to the project’s dependencies in Cargo.toml:

   cargo add tauri-plugin-clipboard-manager

2. Modify lib.rs to initialize the plugin:

   src-tauri/src/lib.rs

   #[cfg_attr(mobile, tauri::mobile_entry_point)]
   pub fn run() {
       tauri::Builder::default()
           .plugin(tauri_plugin_clipboard_manager::init())
           .run(tauri::generate_context!())
           .expect("error while running tauri application");
   }

3. If you’d like to manage the clipboard in JavaScript then install the npm package as well:

   npm

   npm install @tauri-apps/plugin-clipboard-manager

   yarn

   yarn add @tauri-apps/plugin-clipboard-manager

   pnpm

   pnpm add @tauri-apps/plugin-clipboard-manager

   bun

   bun add @tauri-apps/plugin-clipboard-manager

Usage

The clipboard plugin is available in both JavaScript and Rust.

JavaScript

import { writeText, readText } from '@tauri-apps/plugin-clipboard-manager';
// when using `"withGlobalTauri": true`, you may use
// const { writeText, readText } = window.__TAURI__.clipboardManager;

// Write content to clipboard
await writeText('Tauri is awesome!');

// Read content from clipboard
const content = await readText();
console.log(content);
// Prints "Tauri is awesome!" to the console

Rust

use tauri_plugin_clipboard_manager::ClipboardExt;

app.clipboard().write_text("Tauri is awesome!".to_string()).unwrap();

// Read content from clipboard
let content = app.clipboard().read_text();
println!("{:?}", content.unwrap());
// Prints "Tauri is awesome!" to the terminal

Default Permission

No features are enabled by default, as we believe the clipboard can be inherently dangerous and it is application specific if read and/or write access is needed.

Clipboard interaction needs to be explicitly enabled.

Permission Table

Identifier	Description
clipboard-manager:allow-clear	Enables the clear command without any pre-configured scope.
clipboard-manager:deny-clear	Denies the clear command without any pre-configured scope.
clipboard-manager:allow-read-image	Enables the read_image command without any pre-configured scope.
clipboard-manager:deny-read-image	Denies the read_image command without any pre-configured scope.
clipboard-manager:allow-read-text	Enables the read_text command without any pre-configured scope.
clipboard-manager:deny-read-text	Denies the read_text command without any pre-configured scope.
clipboard-manager:allow-write-html	Enables the write_html command without any pre-configured scope.
clipboard-manager:deny-write-html	Denies the write_html command without any pre-configured scope.
clipboard-manager:allow-write-image	Enables the write_image command without any pre-configured scope.
clipboard-manager:deny-write-image	Denies the write_image command without any pre-configured scope.
clipboard-manager:allow-write-text	Enables the write_text command without any pre-configured scope.
clipboard-manager:deny-write-text	Denies the write_text command without any pre-configured scope.