Copy text to clipboard from a JTextfield with press of a button
copy-paste, java, jtextfield, swing
Solution
You can copy the text with the following code
StringSelection stringSelection = new StringSelection (txtField.getText());
Clipboard clpbrd = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit ().getSystemClipboard ();
clpbrd.setContents (stringSelection, null);
The text will be copied to your clip board and then it can be pasted anywhere. In any editor.
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Hint
As you want to copy text in a Text Field, you can add the above code in `actionPerformed()` method of you ActionListener.
Problem
After working on a `GUI` that prints your Text backwards `(Hello = olleH)`, Now I want to create a little Button that lets you `copy` the Outcome in a way you can paste it anywhere else (example in any Editor). I am using a `JTextfield` called `jtxtoutcome`. I don't know what else I could say, I guess this is pretty accurate. This is how I use to change the outcome Textfield.: ``` jtxtoutcome.setText(backwards); ```