"Keep Text Only" (a.k.a. "Paste Values" or "Use Destination Style") option when pasting text into control and indicator labels, captions, or values

[Petru_Tarabuta]

It would be useful if a "Keep Text Only" (a.k.a. "Paste Values" or "Use Destination Style") option existed when pasting text into control and indicator labels, captions, or values.

Example

Screenshot 1: A GUI element (control or indicator) with a custom, non-default label and value (contents) font style.

Screenshot 2: The text "Hello World" was copied (Ctrl + C) from Notepad and pasted (Ctrl + V) in the middle of the label. The newly pasted text is inserted using the default font (Application Font, 15 pt, black). There is no option to paste using the destination font style. The developer now has to waste a few seconds reconfiguring the font. The same result is obtained whenever the text is copied from an external (non-LabVIEW) application, regardless of the application (Notepad, Microsoft Word, Excel).

Screenshot 3: The same situation occurs when pasting into a string indicator.

Screenshot 4: In Microsoft Word, it is possible to select the "Keep Text Only" option when pasting text. In the screenshot below, notice how "Hello World" text from the second row obeys the destination style when it is pasted into the first row. A similar functionality exists in Microsoft Excel and is named "Paste Values".

Notes

• The current behaviour, where the text is pasted using the default font style, can be useful in many (maybe most) situations. I am not asking for the current behaviour to be removed. But it would be useful to have the option to select between the two behaviours.
• When the text is copied from LabVIEW, the pasted text maintains its source formatting style. This can be useful, but again, it would be useful to be able to select "Keep Text Only" (a.k.a. "Paste Values" or "Use Destination Style").

Thanks!

[wiebe@CARYA]

FWIW, This snippet (no attachments allowed) will remove the formatted text ("Locale") format from the clipboard.

I suppose this could be integrated in a shortcut menu plug-in, but it wouldn't be the exact same, as the result is a modified clipboard.

Spoiler

 The same can be done for images. LV pastes copied code as code, but sometimes (rarely, mostly for creating idea exchange mockups) you want to paste an image of LabVIEW code.