adding copy, paste, and cut functionalities to the clipboard menu

README.md

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ File menu
 
 Clipboard menu
 - [x] Copy
-- [ ] Paste
+- [x] Paste
 - [ ] Cut
 
 Image menu

src/GUI.py

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ from utils.image_properties import ImagePropertiesHandler
 from utils.filter_params import FilterParamsHandler
 from ImageManipulation.CopyToClipboard import CopyToClipboard
 from ImageManipulation.PasteFromClipboard import PasteFromClipboard
+from ImageManipulation.CutToClipboard import CutToClipboard
 from functools import partial
 
 
@@ -129,6 +130,7 @@ class GUI:
         clipboard_menu = tk.Menu(menu, tearoff=0)
         menu.add_cascade(label="Clipboard", menu=clipboard_menu)
         clipboard_menu.add_command(label="Copy Image", accelerator="Ctrl+C", command=lambda: self._copyImage())
+        clipboard_menu.add_command(label="Cut Image", accelerator="Ctrl+X", command=lambda: self._cutImage())
         clipboard_menu.add_command(label="Paste Image", accelerator="Ctrl+V", command=lambda: self._pasteImage())
         tools_menu = tk.Menu(menu, tearoff=0)
         menu.add_cascade(label="Tools", menu=tools_menu)
@@ -244,6 +246,7 @@ class GUI:
         root.bind_all('<Control-equal>', lambda event: self._zoomIn())  # Plus key without shift
         root.bind_all('<Control-minus>', lambda event: self._zoomOut())
         root.bind_all('<Control-c>', lambda event: self._copyImage())
+        root.bind_all('<Control-x>', lambda event: self._cutImage())
         root.bind_all('<Control-v>', lambda event: self._pasteImage())
 
         root.mainloop()
@@ -265,12 +268,12 @@ class GUI:
         self._renderCurrentImage()
 
     def _renderCurrentImage(self) -> None:
-        if self._currentImage is None or self._currentImage.getImage() is None:
-            return
-        
         # Clear canvas
         self._imageCanvas.delete("all")
         
+        if self._currentImage is None or self._currentImage.getImage() is None:
+            return
+        
         pil_img = self._currentImage.getImage()
         width, height = pil_img.size
         tk_img = ImageTk.PhotoImage(pil_img)
@@ -595,6 +598,36 @@ class GUI:
         # Clean up the attribute
         delattr(self._currentImage, '_clipboard_copy_success')
 
+    def _cutImage(self) -> None:
+        """Cut the current image to the system clipboard (copy and remove)."""
+        if self._currentImage is None or self._currentImage.getImage() is None:
+            messagebox.showwarning("No Image", "Please load an image first.")
+            return
+        
+        manipulation = CutToClipboard()
+        manipulation.manipulateImage(self._currentImage, {})
+        
+        # Check if cut was successful
+        if hasattr(self._currentImage, '_clipboard_cut_success'):
+            if self._currentImage._clipboard_cut_success:
+                # Re-render the canvas (will be empty now)
+                self._renderCurrentImage()
+                messagebox.showinfo("Cut", "Image cut to clipboard.")
+            else:
+                error_msg = getattr(self._currentImage, '_clipboard_cut_error', 
+                                  "Failed to cut image to clipboard.")
+                messagebox.showerror(
+                    "Cut Error",
+                    f"{error_msg}\n\n"
+                    "Windows: Please install pywin32 (pip install pywin32)\n"
+                    "Linux: Please install xclip (sudo apt-get install xclip)"
+                )
+            # Clean up the attributes
+            if hasattr(self._currentImage, '_clipboard_cut_success'):
+                delattr(self._currentImage, '_clipboard_cut_success')
+            if hasattr(self._currentImage, '_clipboard_cut_error'):
+                delattr(self._currentImage, '_clipboard_cut_error')
+
     def _pasteImage(self) -> None:
         """Paste an image from the system clipboard."""
         manipulation = PasteFromClipboard()

src/ImageManipulation/CutToClipboard.py

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+from .ImageManipulation import ImageManipulation
+from ImageContainer import ImageContainer
+from typing import Any, List
+from utils.clipboard_utils import copy_image_to_clipboard
+
+
+class CutToClipboard(ImageManipulation):
+    """Image manipulation class for cutting images to the system clipboard (copy and remove)."""
+    
+    def getManipulationName(self) -> str:
+        return "Cut to Clipboard"
+
+    def getParameters(self) -> List[str]:
+        return []
+
+    def manipulateImage(self, image: ImageContainer, parameters: Any) -> None:
+        if image is None or image.getImage() is None:
+            image._clipboard_cut_success = False
+            image._clipboard_cut_error = "No image to cut."
+            return
+        
+        pil_img = image.getImage()
+        # Copy image to clipboard
+        success = copy_image_to_clipboard(pil_img)
+        
+        if success:
+            # Remove the image from the canvas by setting it to None
+            image._imageData = None
+            image._clipboard_cut_success = True
+        else:
+            # Failed to copy, don't remove the image
+            image._clipboard_cut_success = False
+            image._clipboard_cut_error = "Failed to copy image to clipboard."
+