From 94c89451409656f061cea2719034eb9bf384842b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Babienco <mbabienco@southern.edu>
Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2026 10:59:29 +0900
Subject: [PATCH] Copy program log to clipboard button

Closes #9
---
 src/ViewModels/MainViewModel.cs | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++----------
 src/Views/MainView.axaml        | 13 +++++++++++--
 2 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/ViewModels/MainViewModel.cs b/src/ViewModels/MainViewModel.cs
index 6d0e81d..8d4d626 100644
--- a/src/ViewModels/MainViewModel.cs
+++ b/src/ViewModels/MainViewModel.cs
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ class MainViewModel : BaseViewModel, IFontResolver, ICanCheckShutdown
     private bool _isPerformingInitialLoad;
     private string _processDir;
     private bool _isCreatingPDF;
-    private string _createPDFLog;
+    private string _programLog;
     private string _workingFolder;
 
     private string _reportTitle;
@@ -56,11 +56,11 @@ class MainViewModel : BaseViewModel, IFontResolver, ICanCheckShutdown
         var quotes = Constants.GetQuotes();
         Random random = new Random();
         var quoteIndex = random.Next(0, quotes.Length);
-        _createPDFLog = "----- MayShow v" + Constants.AppVersion + " ------" + Environment.NewLine;
-        _createPDFLog += quotes[quoteIndex] + Environment.NewLine;
-        _createPDFLog += "---------------------------------------" + Environment.NewLine;
-        _createPDFLog += "Loaded and ready to create report!" + Environment.NewLine;
-        _createPDFLog += "Please copy and send this Program Log when reporting any issues with the software.";
+        _programLog = "----- MayShow v" + Constants.AppVersion + " ------" + Environment.NewLine;
+        _programLog += quotes[quoteIndex] + Environment.NewLine;
+        _programLog += "---------------------------------------" + Environment.NewLine;
+        _programLog += "Loaded and ready to create report!" + Environment.NewLine;
+        _programLog += "Please copy and send this Program Log when reporting any issues with the software.";
         _workingFolder = "";
         ReportFiles = _reportFiles = new ObservableCollection<ReportFile>();
         _reportTitle = "";
@@ -141,10 +141,10 @@ class MainViewModel : BaseViewModel, IFontResolver, ICanCheckShutdown
         }
     }
 
-    public string CreatePDFLog
+    public string ProgramLog
     {
-        get => _createPDFLog;
-        set { _createPDFLog = value; NotifyPropertyChanged(); }
+        get => _programLog;
+        set { _programLog = value; NotifyPropertyChanged(); }
     }
 
     public bool HasUnsavedWork
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ class MainViewModel : BaseViewModel, IFontResolver, ICanCheckShutdown
     {
         var timestamp = string.Format("[{0:s}]", DateTime.Now);
         Console.WriteLine(timestamp + " " + message, arguments);
-        CreatePDFLog += Environment.NewLine + string.Format(message, arguments ?? []);
+        ProgramLog += Environment.NewLine + string.Format(message, arguments ?? []);
     }
 
     public async void ChooseFolder()
@@ -563,6 +563,16 @@ class MainViewModel : BaseViewModel, IFontResolver, ICanCheckShutdown
         await SavePDFReportDataToDisk(report);
     }
 
+    public async Task CopyLogToClipboard()
+    {
+        var clipboard = TopLevelGrabber?.GetTopLevel().Clipboard;
+        if (clipboard != null)
+        {
+            await clipboard.SetTextAsync(ProgramLog);
+            LogInfo("Program log has been copied to the clipboard!");
+        }
+    }
+
     public byte[]? GetFont(string faceName)
     {
         LogInfo(string.Format("Loading font {0}", faceName));
diff --git a/src/Views/MainView.axaml b/src/Views/MainView.axaml
index 40be5ec..019fa98 100644
--- a/src/Views/MainView.axaml
+++ b/src/Views/MainView.axaml
@@ -270,14 +270,23 @@
                 Spacing="2"
                 Grid.Row="3">
         <Rectangle Fill="Gray" Height="3" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch"/>
-        <Label Content="Program Log" FontSize="14" FontWeight="Bold"/>
+        <Grid ColumnDefinitions="Auto, *">
+            <Label Content="Program Log" FontSize="14" FontWeight="Bold" Grid.Column="0"/>
+            <Button Command="{Binding CopyLogToClipboard}"
+                    FontSize="10"
+                    Grid.Column="1"
+                    HorizontalAlignment="Right"
+                    Margin="0,2,8,2">
+                <TextBlock><Run Text="&#xf0c5;" FontFamily="{StaticResource FontAwesomeSolid}"/> Copy Program Log to Clipboard</TextBlock>
+            </Button>
+        </Grid>
     </StackPanel>
     <ScrollViewer Margin="2"
                   Grid.Row="4"
                   x:Name="LogScrollView"
                   VerticalScrollBarVisibility="Visible"
                   AllowAutoHide="False">
-        <SelectableTextBlock Text="{Binding CreatePDFLog}"
+        <SelectableTextBlock Text="{Binding ProgramLog}"
                             Margin="2"
                             TextWrapping="Wrap"
                             x:Name="LogBlock"/>