Copy paths of selected files to clipboard

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Hi,

I have a button with this:

Clipboard COPYNAMES

This copies the full paths and the names of the selected files to the clipboard.

Another button has this code:

Clipboard COPYNAMES=nopaths

This does the same, but hides the paths. It copies only the filenames of the selected files to the clipboard.

Now, what I want to achieve is a button that copies all the paths (without the filenames) of the files that are selected (flat view: the selected files have different paths)

I can't come any closer than this:

@nofilenamequoting
Clipboard SET {filepath$|..}

The result is only one path. It's always the path of the last selected file.
I think this code overwrites the clipboard for every selected file.

However, can anyone figger out the right code?

Thanks!

Daan

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Use this button to copy the paths including the terminating backslash "" character.

<?xml version="1.0"?> <button display="label"> <label>Copy Paths</label> <tip>Copies the folder paths of all selected files and folders to the clipboard (includes terminating &quot;\&quot;)</tip> <icon1>#copyfilenames</icon1> <function type="normal"> <instruction>Clipboard COPYNAMES REGEXP &quot;(.*\\)([^\\]*)&quot; &quot;\1&quot;</instruction> </function> </button>

Use this button to copy the paths excluding the terminating backslash "" character.

<?xml version="1.0"?> <button display="label"> <label>Copy Paths - noterm</label> <tip>Copies the folder paths of all selected files and folders to the clipboard (excludes terminating &quot;\&quot;)</tip> <icon1>#copyfilenames</icon1> <function type="normal"> <instruction>Clipboard COPYNAMES REGEXP &quot;(.*)(\\)([^\\]*)&quot; &quot;\1&quot;</instruction> </function> </button>

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3

You should also realize that you will most likely get duplicate paths in the clipboard using either button above.

4

This is exactly what I mean

Thanks!