unlock clipboard

Unlocks the clipboard and pushes the changes to the system clipboard.

# Metadata

Platforms: desktop OS: mac, windows, linux Introduced: 8.0 Security:

# Syntax

unlock [the] clipboard

# Examples

unlock the clipboard

# Description

Use the unlock clipboard command to make the contents of the clipboard available to other apps.

>*Note:* If you use the clipboardData or fullClipboardData > properties, locking the clipboard is not required (it will be done > automatically) but is recommended.

>*Tip:* Use lock clipboard to ensure the clipboard does not change > between accesses.

# Tags

ui, clipboard,

# See

- **command:** lock clipboard - **function:** clipboard - **property:** clipboardData, fullClipboardData, rawClipboardData