Hello,

I think it would be very useful if the value of a variable could be copied to the clipboard.

Right now variables can be displayed with three readouts: normal, large or slider. Non of these support the selection or the direct editing of the value.

My suggestion is to create a new readout that allows the users to edit directly the value of the variable.
If this is not possible, it would also be a good improvement if there was an option in the menu of a variable to copy its value to the clipboard.


Just as information, the requirement for this functionality arose when we created a a project that ciphered the text entered by the user to different secret languages. It was easy to paste the input text using the “ask … and wait” block, but we found no way to get the calculated output out of Scratch.
I think it would be useful for other projects as well.

Thank you very much,

Zsófia Bendefy

set [copied v] to (foo)

Is setting the variable to another not a viable option, or just re-using it?
(I may not be understanding the suggestion fully )

Hi,

No, unfortunately that doesn't give me what I want. I would like to paste the calculated value of the variable to an external application, e.g notepad/e-mail etc.

Support, though in the meantime it's worth noting you CAN copy from lists, so just do that for now.

Like a text box of some sort or a list item where the value can be selected/edited on the stage?

Yes, exactly, a text box, even if disabled would already help in this case.

I haven't tried copying the value of the variable to a list, but tricky idea, it might work, thank you!

However, it would be more elegant without it

You can add the variable to a list, and then copy and paste that value. I do, however, like the idea of being to edit the value directly rather than having to set it to something.

The list idea works

cool thanks!

But then how did @griffpatch allow us to copy a variable to our clipboard and paste it in a text editor?

hsnaker wrote:

But then how did @griffpatch allow us to copy a variable to our clipboard and paste it in a text editor?

You might be thinking of a list.