If you open the keyboard and hold the shift key you can then touch the screen and drag to highlight the text you want to copy. and when you lift your finger the highlighted text will be automatically copied to the clipboard.

 

Is there any easy cut/paste method for just using the touch screen?

 

AFAIK, no, there isn't. It would be nice if there was a magnifying glass method like on the iPhone, because I thought that handled the copy-paste on touchscreen very well.

Unfortunately, for now, the copy-paste is limited to text boxes and apps that allow it.

 

in the browser you can do menu/more/select text and it will copy whatever you highlight without using the keyboard.

 

Once copied?

can someone give the nexp part?
How to paste<g>

 

Just go to the text field where you want to paste and long press, the paste option will pop up

 

You should be able to just long press in a text area and select Paste.

 

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thank you

 

How do you copy and paste a web page link on the Motorola Droid?
For example, I find a web site I like, and want to paste it into an email.
The hold shift and select text doesn't work in the URL field at the top of the browser.
Thanks in advance for any solution!

 

Long press on the address bar in the browser and you'll have two options: share page / copy page url.

 

Best way to do this is to share the page because that will automaticly pasted it into and e-mail or other programs that are available.

 

Thanks for the tips on URL pasting...I guess when in doubt on the Droid, always "long press"!

One more thing...is there any way to select text on a web page without dragging your finger? It's not very easy if you don't have small fingers or nails...isn't there some way with the directional pad on the keyboard?

 

i use the copy paste often and it does lack, but i get by! i notice it cuts letters out of words or whole words out of sentences! dear google FIX IT!

 

How do you copy the current page's url in Dolphin?

 

How can i copy text from e-mail message and past, for examp, to new text message???

 

cut copy and paste - Droid Forum - Verizon Droid & the Motorola Droid Forum

However it doesn't work very well for email (only highlights a line or two before it starts scrolling again). Hopefully Google is fixing this in Flan.

 

How do you copy a paragraph without the page moving?

 

Can someone explain to me how to copy & paste something that takes up more space than the screen? If I hold shift and select the text on the screen I can't get it to scroll down to get more of the text. Is there something easy that I'm just missing?

 

Is similar vien... using the Yahoo Messenger can you save part or all of converstion? Cut/Paste would be ok as well... I cant get it to work... my new android phone is great, but this appears to be a big weakness... the entire cut/paste issue...even my old Window Mobile phone could do this with ease.