Description

This IPython notebook extension adds system clipboard actions for single or multiple cells. It allows cut/copy/paste operation of notebook cells and images. Images will be saved to the directory where the current notebook sits. There is currently no way to embed images in markdown cells, due to the google-caja sanitizer used to prevent malicous code execution.

Multi-cell operation is possible using the rubberband extension in this repository.

This extension works only for Chrome, as other browsers do not expose the system clipboard to Javascript.

Hotkey	Function
CTRL+C	Copy cell to system clipboard
CTRL+X	Cut cell and copy to system clipboard
CTRL+V	Paste cell or image from system clipboard

A demo showing single-cell copy&paste operating in Chrome here: http://youtu.be/iU9dNe4vMUY

Installation

Please install the master repository from Github as explained in the main wiki page.

Then load the extension from within the IPyton notebook:

%%javascript
IPython.load_extensions('IPython-notebook-extensions-master/usability/chrome_clipboard');

This extension was tested using Windows and Chrome. Feedback and improvements are welcome.

Internals

Regarding copying notebook cells over the clipboard, they are stored as mime-type notebook-cell/json.