From c4ab6b48661ac30dad0a479ec97c2ee90df75433 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: zadam <zadam.apps@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 4 Dec 2021 12:45:27 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] copy action in the tree (or ctrl+c) will also save note links
 to the clipboard, fixes #2401

---
 src/public/app/services/clipboard.js | 17 +++++++++++++++--
 src/public/app/services/froca.js     |  2 ++
 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/public/app/services/clipboard.js b/src/public/app/services/clipboard.js
index a03782e7b..0e0a9c9e4 100644
--- a/src/public/app/services/clipboard.js
+++ b/src/public/app/services/clipboard.js
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 import branchService from "./branches.js";
 import toastService from "./toast.js";
-import hoistedNoteService from "./hoisted_note.js";
 import froca from "./froca.js";
+import linkService from "./link.js";
+import utils from "./utils.js";
 
 let clipboardBranchIds = [];
 let clipboardMode = null;
@@ -60,10 +61,22 @@ async function pasteInto(parentBranchId) {
     }
 }
 
-function copy(branchIds) {
+async function copy(branchIds) {
     clipboardBranchIds = branchIds;
     clipboardMode = 'copy';
 
+    if (utils.isElectron()) {
+        const {clipboard} = require('electron');
+        const links = [];
+
+        for (const branch of froca.getBranches(clipboardBranchIds)) {
+            const $link = await linkService.createNoteLink(branch.parentNoteId + '/' + branch.noteId);
+            links.push($link[0].outerHTML);
+        }
+
+        clipboard.writeHTML(links.join(', '));
+    }
+
     toastService.showMessage("Note(s) have been copied into clipboard.");
 }
 
diff --git a/src/public/app/services/froca.js b/src/public/app/services/froca.js
index 3cea696db..43cacf48e 100644
--- a/src/public/app/services/froca.js
+++ b/src/public/app/services/froca.js
@@ -261,6 +261,7 @@ class Froca {
         return (await this.getNotes([noteId], silentNotFoundError))[0];
     }
 
+    /** @returns {Note|null} */
     getNoteFromCache(noteId) {
         if (!noteId) {
             throw new Error("Empty noteId");
@@ -269,6 +270,7 @@ class Froca {
         return this.notes[noteId];
     }
 
+    /** @returns {Branch[]} */
     getBranches(branchIds, silentNotFoundError = false) {
         return branchIds
             .map(branchId => this.getBranch(branchId, silentNotFoundError))