[wp-hackers] Paste images into editor

[John Blackbourn]

Nice tip Alex, thanks for sharing.

On Dec 7, 2007 11:49 PM, Alex Hempton-Smith <hempsworth at googlemail.com> wrote:
> Although this isn't what you had in mind, and until this sort of
> functionality gets addressed it does get rid of the need of having to create
> a new file every time:
>
>    - Paste the image into the editor
>    - Copy the image source location
>    (file:///C:/DOCUME~1/KENT~1/LOCALS~1/Temp/moz-screenshot-13.jpg)
>    - Paste it into the upload text field (the box next to "browse"), and
>    hit upload
>    - It uploads the image that was in your clipboard.
>
> Functionality that would enable this feature natively would be awesome, but
> I have a feeling it wont be happening for a while, but post a ticket to trac
> and see what happens :)
>
>
> On Dec 7, 2007 11:29 PM, Kent Roger <kent at hinux.hin.no> wrote:
>
> > Hello list. I'm a long time viewer, but not much of a participator.
> >
> > I was wondering if there is any chance of beeing able to paste images
> > directly into the the editor in the future, or is it a browser limitation?
> >
> > I've tested with two editors (TinyMCE and ***Dean's FCKEditor For
> > Wordpress
> > <http://www.deanlee.cn/wordpress/fckeditor-for-wordpress-plugin/>*), and
> > three browsers (IE, Opera and Firefox). The closest I came to getting a
> > result is this with Firefox and FCKEditor:
> >
> > <p><img alt=""
> > src="file:///C:/DOCUME~1/KENT~1/LOCALS~1/Temp/moz-screenshot-13.jpg"
> > /></p>
> >
> > I'd like to just edit a picture in Photoshop and then copy a section of
> > that picture straight into a post without creating a file and uploading
> > it. Is it technically possible or do I have to use an external program
> > for it?
> >
> > Kent
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