Nw.js: Cut/Copy/Paste hotkeys doesn't work on Mac

[as3boyan]

I get reports from Mac users that they can't use hotkeys for it, anyway on Windows/Linux it works natively.

If that was related only to code editor, I could provide workaround for it, but it seems to be related to everything.

https://github.com/as3boyan/HIDE/issues/124

Anybody got similar problems?

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[leuchtetgruen]

I do have similar issues. Cmd+A for selecting all text in a textfield does not work either.

[yeco]

Just in case it helps in any way. I had a similar issue when launching the app using tmux.

[kvnneff]

I'm experiencing this on OSX as well, when launching like so:

app$ /Applications/node-webkit.app/Contents/MacOS/node-webkit .

[as3boyan]

@staygrimm How to make it work fine? How to launch it so it could work properly?
I am curious if atom-shell has such issue

[azmras]

try this in your init script...

var gui = require('nw.gui');
win = gui.Window.get();
var nativeMenuBar = new gui.Menu({ type: "menubar" });
try {
nativeMenuBar.createMacBuiltin("My App");
win.menu = nativeMenuBar;
} catch (ex) {
console.log(ex.message);
}

[leuchtetgruen]

That seems to work

[as3boyan]

So using this internal function solves this issue? The problem is that I don't want to show native menu.

[rogerwang]

That's not an internal function -- it's part of public API: https://github.com/rogerwang/node-webkit/wiki/Menu#menucreatemacbuiltinappname

In 0.9.2 and earlier versions, the feature is provided by the items of 'Edit' menu, which is hard-coded and builtin. In later versions, the 'Edit' and 'Window' menu is optional and is supposed to be created in app.

[29decibel]

I have the same issue, seems only cut command works.

[stephan-nordnes-eriksen]

@azmras This fixed the issue for me, thanks! I find it strange that it is needed to get the standard key-bindings to work though.

[rogerwang]

merge with #2039

[LanceOlsen]

broken again
OS X 10.10.1 (14B25)
Chrome 40.0.2214.111 (64-bit)

[kumavis]

confirming broken
OS X 10.10 (14A389)
nwjs v0.12.0-rc1 (64-bit)

[tommoor]

/cc @rogerwang regression here on the 0.12 releases.

[docprofsky]

If the edit menu is enabled with this copy and paste will work on Mac 10.10.2 and nwjs 0.12.0.

var gui = require('nw.gui');
if (process.platform === "darwin") {
  var mb = new gui.Menu({type: 'menubar'});
  mb.createMacBuiltin('RoboPaint', {
    hideEdit: false,
  });
  gui.Window.get().menu = mb;
}

(If anyone is wondering this code is modified from robopaint)

[Jayin]

it works, thanks @docprofsky

[alexeimoisseev]

Seems that copy/paste works only within node-webkit app.
I cannot copy text from my app and paste somewhere else outside app (e.g. to my terminal).

OS X 10.10.2
nwjs 0.12.0

[preems]

Works on Windows.
Broken on mac.

[chevtek]

I don't know why that works or why it's necessary, but thank you @docprofsky

[docprofsky]

I am glad this has helped.
I think this issue should not be closed until this is better documented and/or nw.js has the edit menu present by default.

[gordonpro]

Debug console still cannot paste.

[fritx]

@docprofsky @Jayin cool

[michahell]

Has this been solved yet?

[0000marcell]

@michahell I don't think so, i'm having problems with this as well

[Karlheinzniebuhr]

thanks @docprofsky it works, can copy and paste to console now

[gpetrov]

I wonder if this will be improved @rogerwang - when the builtinmac edit menu is not shown - all the copy and paste keys do not work.. is this by design?