Not able to select text from DhtmlxGrid

Suite and Optimus Suite 5
#1

Hi,
I have been trying to allow users to copy cell content from DhtmlxGrid and have added following in my code
mygrid.enableBlockSelection(true);
mygrid.forceLabelSelection(true);

What happens is that I am getting the block selection highlighted but no prompt for Copy comes. I have tried the same in Firefox and Chrome. I have also set “signed.applets.codebase_principal_support” property as true in my Firefox preferences.

Randomly a few times prompt for copy came but even after clicking on Copy nothing happened, i.e. no content was copied.

Also I am able to copy the content through javascript by calling “grid.copyBlockToClipboard()”.

#2

Please check working example here dhtmlx.com/docs/products/dht … ction.html

#3

The sample that you provided gives the following Error on pressing Ctrl+C
ErrorType : Clipboard
Description : Access to Clipboard denied

However, I used the same piece of code in My Application, but Ctrl+C is working only one out of 3 times. First time key press will not be detected, second time only Ctrl is detected (When I press Ctrl then itself KeyPressed method is invoked, it does not wait for the C to be pressed along with it). The third time everything works fine.
This sequence repeats exactly for n number of times.

#4

I am pasting the code that I have used

mygrid.enableBlockSelection(true);
mygrid.attachEvent("onKeyPress",onKeyPressed);
function onKeyPressed(code, ctrl, shift) {
    	if ((code == 67 && ctrl)||code.charCode == 99) {
        	if (!mygrid._selectionArea)
            	return alert("You need to select a block area in grid first");
        	mygrid.setCSVDelimiter("\t");
        	mygrid.copyBlockToClipboard();
	    }
	    if (code == 86 && ctrl) {
        	mygrid.pasteBlockFromClipboard();
    	}
    	return true;
	}

Also I am using Firefox browser.

The problem is that earlier Ctrl+C was not working but after putting
signed.applets.codebase_principal_support property as true in about:config, everything works just fine, but I can’t expect anyone to make the change in their browsers before using this.

Kindly help…

#5

Issue with accessing to clipboard cannot be fixed with JavaScript. Clipboard operation is blocked at some browser due to security reasons. As a workaround you can try to use dhtmlxSreadsheet dhtmlx.com/blog/?p=1052

#6

By default text selection was disabled in grid. So enable it by using,

In IE, use
var yourDiv= document.getElementById(“mygrid_div”);
yourDiv.onselectstart= “return true;”;

And in other browser, add css to that div
#mygrid_div
{
-webkit-user-select: text; /* Chrome all / Safari all /
-moz-user-select: text; / Firefox all /
-ms-user-select: text; / IE 10+ */

/* No support for these yet, use at own risk */
-o-user-select: text;
user-select: text;
}