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Motif and CDE 2.1 Style Guide Reference
Cut, Copy, Paste (Action Choice)
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Description
Cut, Copy, and Paste are action choices that are used in conjunction with
the clipboard. The following describes each choice:
- Cut
- An action choice that removes selected elements and places them onto the
clipboard. The space they occupied is usually filled by the remaining elements
in the scope of selection.
- Copy
- An action choice that copies selected elements and places them onto the
clipboard. The selected elements are unaffected.
- Paste
- An action choice that places the contents of the clipboard into a specified
location or into an object or objects displayed within the window.
When to Use
- Required
- Provide a Cut choice for all elements and data.
- Required
- Provide a Copy choice for all elements for which the user can create a
duplicate, and for data that the user can duplicate.
- Required
- Provide a Paste choice for all objects or elements that the user can place
or insert into other objects or elements.
Guidelines
- Required
- When the user chooses Cut, remove the objects or data to which the choice
applies from their current location and place them on the clipboard.
- Required
- Display the Cut choice in a pull-down menu with unavailable emphasis when
the element to which the Cut choice applies cannot be cut.
- Recommended
- If you provide the Cut choice, provide the user with a warning message to
confirm the requested action. For example, when the user cuts data from a
spreadsheet, display a warning message that cutting the data will affect the
remaining data.
- Required
- If you provide the Cut choice on an element, place Cut in the
element's pop-up menu when it can be cut.
- Required
- Assign CtrlX or Shift Delete as the shortcut key combination for a Cut
choice.
- Required
- When the user chooses Copy, copy the objects or data to which the choice
applies from their current location to the clipboard.
- Required
- Display the Copy choice on a pull-down menu with unavailable emphasis when
the element to which the Copy choice applies cannot be copied to the
clipboard.
- Required
- If you provide the Copy choice for an element, place Copy in the
element's pop-up menu when it can be copied.
- Required
- When the user copies an element to the clipboard, do not change the state
of the source element. For example, do not change the selection state of the
element as a result of copying it.
- Required
- When the user copies an element to the clipboard, do not change the state
of the copied object on the clipboard.
- Required
- Assign CtrlC or Ctrl Insert as the shortcut key combination for a Cut
choice.
- Required
- When the user chooses Paste, insert the objects or data to which the
choice applies from the clipboard to the current cursor location.
- Required
- Display the Paste choice on a pull-down menu with unavailable emphasis
when no data is in the clipboard or when the clipboard data cannot be pasted
at the cursor's position.
- Recommended
- If you provide the Paste choice, provide the user with a warning message
to confirm the requested action. For example, when the user pastes data into a
spreadsheet, display a warning message that pasting the data will affect the
remaining data.
- Required
- If you provide a Paste menu item for an element, place Paste in the
element's pop-up menu when the element or data currently in the buffer
can be passed into the element at the cursor's location.
- Required
- Assign CtrlV or Shift Insert as the shortcut key combination for a Paste
choice.
Essential Related Topics
For more information, see the Clipboard and Edit (Menu) reference
pages.
Supplemental Related Topics
For more information, see the Copy To (Dialog Choice), Delete (Action
Choice), and Undo (Choice) reference pages.
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