Umbraco-cms: Enable copy/paste for grid items

[skttl]

Just like nested content, it could be very useful to have the ability to copy and paste grid items using the clipboardService.

[nul800sebastiaan]

Yes, we're on the road to enabling copy/paste for anything that makes sense. 👍

[skttl]

Is it something that you are working on in HQ, or is it open for PRs?

[nul800sebastiaan]

We still have some things to do at HQ before we can ask for contributions, give @nielslyngsoe a few more weeks to make this a nice experience please! :-)

[skttl]

Thanks :)

[nielslyngsoe]

You can follow the progress on this issue: https://github.com/umbraco/Umbraco-CMS/issues/6816

I will keep this issue open, since it requests the copy feature specifically for the Grid.

[skttl]

@nielslyngsoe I was thinking about copying specific controls in the grid. Your PR adds the ability to copy the complete value - which also is very nice.

[nielslyngsoe]

@skttl Oh, I see, my mistake. But good, we could use that as well.
Can I ask you to change the description to be more explicit in terms of copy/pasting individual items. Thanks

[nielslyngsoe]

Reopen issue, still very relevant

[skttl]

This feature needs to emit events, so custom editors can react on being copied. As an example, Doc Type Grid Editor stores a guid key in each editor, and this needs to be regenerated when copied for this to work correctly.

[lars-erik]

Here's what I did to enable events in the grid editor:
https://github.com/umbraco/Umbraco-CMS/pull/2640

h5yr all. Love to see this finally happen.

[nielslyngsoe]

Hi @skttl

It's up to the Custom Editor to implement the copy functionality and as well the paste functionality — thereby to ensure that it's done the right way.

Currently, We suggest removing unique data when making a copy, and ensuring keys are begin generated when pasting.

It's not enough to generate new keys for the copied data. Since the same data could be pasted multiple times.

I hope it makes sense, let us know if you see any potential problems with the current strategy or implementation.

Thanks

[skttl]

Oh sorry, meant pasted of course :)

I'm not sure how to implement this in grid, as it is the grid that takes care of copying/pasting as I see it. I guess the copy function should be in the blue title bar on each grid control.

Which was why I suggested an event you can subscribe to.

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[stefankip]

Would love this as well :-)