PyQT - copy file to clipboard

Question

Is it possible to copy file to a clipboard?
As if it was pressed "ctrl+c". So that when I press "ctrl+v" in some folder, it will appear here.

http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/static/Docs/PyQt4/html/qclipboard.html - cannot find anything about files.

file = 'C:\foo.file'
clipboard = QtGui.QApplication.clipboard()
????

Is it possible at all?

Are you copying and pasting within your application or do you need to copy the file to an external folder window? — Stephen Terry, May 19 '11 at 18:24
Remark: should be `QtGui.QGuiApplication`. (or `QtWidgets.QApplication`) — user202729, Oct 26 '21 at 04:55

score 9 · Accepted Answer · answered May 19 '11 at 20:11

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Clipboard data is modelled with QMimeData class, which can contain a list of URLs, including local filesystem URLs.

from PyQt4 import QtCore, QtGui

app = QtGui.QApplication([])

data = QtCore.QMimeData()
url = QtCore.QUrl.fromLocalFile('c:\\foo.file')
data.setUrls([url])

app.clipboard().setMimeData(data)

answered May 19 '11 at 20:11

Nikita Nemkin

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Remeber that the X11 clipboard needs the event loop running (`QApplication.exec_`). – Artur Gaspar May 20 '11 at 22:40

Artur Gaspar · Answer 2 · 2011-05-19T20:21:02.093

Create QUrls of the files, store them in a QMimeData and paste the QMimeData to the QClipboard. (Works for multiple files, tested on KDE 4, not sure if works on Windows.)

import sys

from PyQt4.QtCore import QMimeData, QUrl
from PyQt4.QtGui import QApplication

app = QApplication(sys.argv)

# Create the urls.
url1 = QUrl('file1')
url2 = QUrl('file2')

# Create the mime data with the urls.
mime_data = QMimeData()
mime_data.setUrls([url1, url2])

# Copy the mime data to the clipboard.
clipboard = QApplication.clipboard()
clipboard.setMimeData(mime_data)

# Run the main loop.
# The X11 clipboard needs the event loop running.
sys.exit(app.exec_())

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