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GUACAMOLE-1740: Update documentation to reflect changes to the clipboard interface. #236

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Expand Up @@ -112,12 +112,20 @@ along with some basic instructions:
> Text copied/cut within Guacamole will appear here. Changes to the text below
> will affect the remote clipboard.

The text area functions as an interface between the remote clipboard and the
local clipboard. Text from the local clipboard can be pasted into the text
area, causing that text to be sent to the clipboard of the remote desktop.
Similarly, if you copy or cut text within the remote desktop, you will see that
text within the text area, and can manually copy it into the local clipboard if
desired.
If the clipboard API is enabled, the contents of the local clipboard will
automatically be synchronized to Guacamole, and ultimately to the clipboards
of the remote systems (assuming the functionality has not been disabled. The
text area, here, functions as a manual interface to the clipboard, allowing
text to be manually manipulated - text that you type, or paste into the text
area will be available to the remote clipboard, and text that is placed on
the remote clipboard it can be seen in this text area.

For privacy and security reasons, the contents of the clipboard are hidden from
view until the text area is clicked, and replaced with the following text:

> Click to view clipboard data...

Upon clicking the text area the actual text contents of the local

(client-connection-menu)=

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