Detect difference between Cut and Copy in Swing

Asked Sep 19 '12 at 16:56

Active Sep 25 '12 at 08:17

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I'm using Java 6, it's highly unlikely we'll go to Java 7.

My Swing application should handle pasting files cut or copied from external sources (be it Windows Explorer, Free Commander, or what have you...)

It works pretty well, with one important exception: I have no way of knowing if a file was cut or copied, nor is there a way to tell the system clipboard that the paste was successful. Ideally, of course, the system should handle it, but it doesn't seem to do it. If I could at least tell if it's a cut or a copy, I could delete the cut files myself, but I couldn't find anything along those lines, either.

Right now, cut works just like copy.

How do I detect whether the user uses cut or copy?

edited Sep 25 '12 at 08:17

asked Sep 19 '12 at 16:56

Mad Max

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*"Oh yeah, before I forget,"* Did you forget to ask a question, or mark it with a '?'? – Andrew Thompson Sep 19 '12 at 16:58
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Have a look here: http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/uiswing/dnd/cutpaste.html – David Kroukamp Sep 19 '12 at 17:54
hmm .. just as you, I would expect the OS to handle the actual cut/copy - could you show a quick SSCCE that demonstrates it not doing as expected? – kleopatra Sep 25 '12 at 08:59

Detect difference between Cut and Copy in Swing

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