I want to select all and copy it to clipboard

Question

I have a WebBrowser displaying text. If i copy it to clipbaord it copy's all the html tags to and i don't want that.

I want to be able to select all then copy to clipboard.

I want to copy the text and its formatting to the clipboard.

When i highlight the text my self and click copy when i paste, its perfect just how i want it.

But when i use this code to copy just the Document text i get the Html tags to.

This is how i copy to clipboard:

void CopyCellText()
{
Clipboard.Clear();
if (webBrowser1 != null)
{
Clipboard.SetText(webBrowser1.DocumentText.ToString().Trim());
}
}

The formatting of HTML text is controlled by it's tags – Hans Keﬆing Jul 09 '12 at 11:48 — Hans Keﬆing, Jul 09 '12 at 11:48

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 09 '12 at 12:01

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To Select all and copy to clipboard:

webBrowser1.Document.ExecCommand("SelectAll", true, null);
webBrowser1.Document.ExecCommand("Copy", true, null);

You wont see the html tags but have all there formatting.

answered Jul 09 '12 at 12:01

Pomster

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This is more like a hack and can be discontinued, if you wanted to retain all format there are tools like [XHTML to RTF](http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/7087/XHTML2RTF-An-HTML-to-RTF-conversion-tool-based-on) – Chibueze Opata Jul 09 '12 at 12:38

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 09 '12 at 11:19

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You mean you want to convert your html code to text and copy to clipboard? You will need HTML Agility Pack. Check this page for an easy guide.

answered Jul 09 '12 at 11:19

Chibueze Opata

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score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 09 '12 at 11:20

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http://www.dreamincode.net/code/snippet1921.htm << check this code snippet. it would be better, if you strip the string while using regex!

answered Jul 09 '12 at 11:20

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Regex and Html [do not match very well](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1732348/regex-match-open-tags-except-xhtml-self-contained-tags), plus the OP wants to keep formatting! – Hans Keﬆing Jul 09 '12 at 11:22
did't know that, because i've never used smth like this! thanks! – davee Jul 09 '12 at 11:30
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This is good, but i would like to keep the html formatting, my highlighting and underlines and cross outs, How do i select all? – Pomster Jul 09 '12 at 11:34
it's not as easy as i thought, but i found this: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/jmstall/archive/2007/01/21/html-clipboard.aspx?Redirected=true – davee Jul 09 '12 at 11:48

score 1 · Answer 4 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:24

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I think the reason you are getting the HTML tags is webBrowser1.DocumentText will take the entire content of the HTML document itself, which will include all the generated HTML.

A quick search gave me the following:

Retrieving Selected Text from Webbrowser control in .net(C#)

Get all text from WebBrowser control

edited May 23 '17 at 12:24

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answered Jul 09 '12 at 12:00

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I want to select all and copy it to clipboard

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