Hello, I saw a post in 2016, where you said you had to introduce some updates on it, ie the ability to select and copy a TLabel, when it will be possible to have this update?

Pasquale wrote:

> ability to select and copy a TLabel

I must be missing something, because you can select and copy any component in the current release, and I can't remember a release you couldn't.

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Matthew Jones

On 9/17/2018 12:20 PM, Matthew Jones wrote:
> I must be missing something, because you can select and copy any component in the current release, and I can't remember a release you couldn't.

Are you sure?

AFAIK TLabel has never allowed one to select caption text and copy.

You can do other things like use read-only tedit or event handler on
click of course but not exactly same

Raul

Raul wrote:

> Are you sure?
>
> AFAIK TLabel has never allowed one to select caption text and copy.

Ah, that's what I'm missing: "at run time"...

IIRC, I use an edit box for such things, and style it appropriately.

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Matthew Jones

"Matthew Jones" wrote:

>>IIRC, I use an edit box for such things, and style it appropriately.

how do you do it??

could you attach the item to me?

Pasquale wrote:

> how do you do it??

I can't post a sample as it is from an app that isn't mine. But all I did was set the ReadOnly property to true, and then set the style for the TEdit to make it look like a label, or similar to one. I think I set the background to be transparent too, which allowed me to colour the background with a basic panel, but that's getting fancy.

Key is, the readonly edit allows you to copy, but not change.

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Matthew Jones

Pasquale,

<< Hello, I saw a post in 2016, where you said you had to introduce some updates on it, ie the ability to select and copy a TLabel, when it will be possible to have this update?
>>

Install the attached unit as a new component in the IDE:

https://www.elevatesoft.com/manual?action=viewtopic&id=ewb2&topic=Adding_Component

and use it in your project for selectable text labels.

Note that the label's text selection will *not* work in the IDE.  For some reason the text selection is turned off for the IDE's embedded browser, and I have fixed this for EWB 3.

Tim Young
Elevate Software
www.elevatesoft.com

Hello Tim, I tried, but it only makes me select the label, it does not make me copy it

Pasquale,

<< Hello Tim, I tried, but it only makes me select the label, it does not make me copy it >>

You can right-click to copy the text in any normal browser.  It just doesn't work in the IDE browser.

Tim Young
Elevate Software
www.elevatesoft.com

<<You can right-click to copy the text in any normal browser.  It just doesn't work in the IDE browser.>>

I just tried and it does not work