How to make my program get the selected text anywhere in windows?

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I have a translation program, I want when F1 is pressed to get the text that is selected at that time anywhere in Windows for it to get translated in my form and show it. I asked long ago and there was no way, maybe now there is.

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In Linux in Python it's easy with using xsel to get the selected text anywhere in Linux.

Posted 23-Jun-21 9:13am

john1990_1

Updated 23-Jun-21 9:23am

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Dave Kreskowiak 23-Jun-21 17:05pm

Maybe now there is? Only if Windows was redesigned at a base level, and that hasn't happened since NT came out a LOOOONG time ago.

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OriginalGriff · Answer 1 · 2021-06-23T09:23:00

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Good luck - you are going to need it, I suspect: c# - How to get selected text of any application into a windows form application - Stack Overflow[^]

Posted 23-Jun-21 9:23am

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john1990_1 23-Jun-21 15:45pm

Thx a lot, this is not a straightforward way and makes use of clipboard which would be problematic for clipboard history programs and programs that speak text when clipboard is changed for example, why doesn't Windows make something like xsel that is in Linux there must be a reason do you know?