bevy_clipboard

A platform-agnostic clipboard interface, exposed as a Bevy resource.

Purpose

Read and write the system clipboard from systems. The crate wraps arboard (and a Wasm shim for the browser) and surfaces it as a Clipboard resource.

Directory layout

crates/bevy_clipboard/src/
└── lib.rs   # Single file. ClipboardPlugin + Clipboard resource.

Key abstractions

Type	File	Description
ClipboardPlugin	crates/bevy_clipboard/src/lib.rs	Adds the Clipboard resource.
Clipboard	crates/bevy_clipboard/src/lib.rs	Resource: read() / write(text).

How it works

On native platforms Clipboard wraps an arboard::Clipboard lazily on first access. On Wasm it goes through the browser's async clipboard API (only string content is supported, and browser permissions can reject reads).

For OS-integrated clipboard support (e.g. drag-and-drop, image data), look at the system_clipboard cargo feature gating in bevy_winit.

Integration points

• Depends on: arboard, bevy_app, bevy_ecs.
• Depended on by: bevy_internal, bevy_ui/bevy_text (for paste).

Entry points for modification

• The crate is a single file. Image support and richer drag-and-drop hooks belong in bevy_winit.