Copy-paste between applications

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Parallels Secure Workspace allows copying and pasting content between applications, up to 5 MB in total. Parallels Secure Workspace supports two different implementations (v1 and v2). In the Workspace, navigate to the profile icon (bottom left) > Account Settings > Browser status page to see the version that's being used.

Note: Using the local clipboard is disabled for guests.

To check which version is in use: when in the Workspace, click on the profile icon (bottom left). Navigate to Account Settings > Browser Status.

Version 2

 

Enabled if all these conditions are met:

 

From  To Content 
Streamed App Streamed App All formats
Streamed App Local App * Plain text, HTML, RTF **, PNG images
Local App * Streamed App Plain text, HTML, RTF ***, PNG images ****

* Local app can be another browser app (e.g. Gmail) or an app locally running on the end user's device (e.g. Notepad).
** RTF (Rich Text Format) will be automatically converted to HTML.
*** RTF (Rich Text Format) can only be pasted to a Streamed App when using [CTRL] + V.
**** Pasting PNG images from a Local App to a Streamed App does not work for all Local Apps. Examples of unsupported Local Apps: Microsoft Photos, Ubuntu Image Viewer

 

 

Version 1

From To Content Supported devices Remark
Streamed App Streamed App Text All  
Streamed App Streamed App Images All  
Streamed App Streamed App Complex Objects** All  
Local App* Streamed App Text Laptops
Windows Tablets
Works only with shortcuts:
Windows/Linux: [CTRL] + C and [CTRL] + V.
Mac OS X: ⌘C and ⌘V
Streamed App Local App* Text Laptops
Windows Tablets

Works only with shortcuts:
Windows/Linux: [CTRL] + C and [CTRL] + V.
Mac OS X: ⌘C and ⌘V

* Local app can be another browser app (e.g. Gmail) or an app locally running on the end user's device (e.g. Notepad)
** Example of a complex object: a full PowerPoint slide.

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