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Re:Thoughts on Flash by Zev on Thursday April 29, 2010 @02:34PM (#1305472)
"Selectable text" is an option in any Flash text field.

Is copying/pasting it to the OS (or app) pasteboard an option? If so, will it use the same UI as native apps have? Or will it force a funky widget of its own in the middle of an app that otherwise looks like the rest of the OS?

Re:Thoughts on Flash by tomlin on Thursday April 29, 2010 @03:32PM (#1305690)
The options are the same as the OS using the same UI. Identical to right-click menu in browser inputs/address bar. It is using the OS clipboard. CTRL/OPTION+C/V works the same as well.
Re:Thoughts on Flash by Zev on Thursday April 29, 2010 @04:31PM (#1305922)
Are you saying that Adobe reimplemented the UI? Or that they pass it off to the OS to handle? Because if its the former, the iPhone doesn't have a menu dropdown for cut/copy/paste. Or a ctrl/command button, for that matter.

I'm only asking because I've never had copy/paste from flash work well on the desktop.