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title: "Clipboard and images"
description: "Paste text, HTML, and images; use mobile insert, export, share, and selection gestures."
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# Clipboard and images

The main editor is your cloud pasteboard. Most people only notice **Copy** and **Paste** in the header — the gestures and mobile menu below are easy to miss.

## Paste and copy

Use header **Paste** / **Copy**, or `Ctrl`/`⌘`+`V` and `Ctrl`/`⌘`+`C` when the editor is focused.

Paste accepts:

- Plain text
- HTML (cleaned before insert)
- Image files from the system clipboard

Copy writes MIME types that match the selection (plain text, HTML, images). WebP is converted to PNG for the system clipboard; SVG stays SVG.

On phone and tablet, **Copy**, **Paste**, and **Insert image** often live inside the header **Edit** menu rather than as separate buttons.

## Insert image

On viewports below the large-desktop breakpoint, open **Edit** → **Insert image** to pick photos from the device (camera / library / files, depending on the OS). Desktop users can still paste images from the clipboard.

Signed-in uploads convert most images to WebP (animated GIF → animated WebP; SVG stays SVG), scaled so the longest side fits within **2048×1920**.

## Selection gestures

- **Long-press** text or an image (or tap an image) to collapse the soft keyboard and work with the selection.
- **Tap an image** to add it to the selection range (outline shows it selected). Tap a boundary image again to drop it from the selection.
- System text handles still select characters; image taps are the shortcut for including pictures.

## Mobile export and share

On phone-width viewports only (`< md`), with a selection active, the **Edit** menu also offers:

- Download text / Download HTML
- Share text / Share HTML

HTML exports embed images as base64. Desktop does **not** show download or share. Empty selection disables these actions.

## Delete with undo

On phone and tablet, **Edit** → **Delete** removes the selection. A notification dialog offers **Undo** for a few seconds.

## Next

- [Quickstart](/quickstart/) — first text and image
- [Accounts](/accounts/) — sign in so pasted images sync as public URLs

Source: https://docs.cpcpcbcb.com/clipboard/index.mdx