Copy and paste text to and from the clipboard C#

Using the clipboard to copy and paste text is simple. Use the Clipboard object’s SetText method to copy text to the clipboard as in the following code.

// Copy text to the clipboard.
private void btnCopy_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    Clipboard.SetText(txtCopy.Text);
}

Use the Clipboard object’s GetText method to retrieve the text that’s in the clipboard as in the following code.

// Paste text from the clipboard.
private void btnPaste_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    txtPaste.Text = Clipboard.GetText();
}

That’s all there is to it! In later posts I’ll show how you can copy and paste other kinds of data such as images or objects of your own creation.