How to Highlight, Copy Paste Text in Unity with TextMesh Pro

Learn how to copy text from your Unity game to your system's clipboard to paste everywhere and add a colored highlight to your text to make it visible. This works with Text Mesh Pro You can paste text copied like this into input fields in your Unity game, or outside of your game, as it uses the operating system's clipboard. We go through four different ways to tackle this: Copy all of a text box's contents by button click, copy all of a text box's contents by clicking on the box itself, copy predefined words by utilizing the Text Mesh Pro link tag and copy text freeform like you are used to in a text editor. DuckDuckQuack search field is a simple input field, the text block is an input field set to multi line :) ✍️ Script on Github https://github.com/Maraakis/ChristinaCreatesGames/tree/main/CopyPasteHighlight 📖 Chapters 🔖 📁 Get the PDF Version of my tutorials Would you rather read a book? I have a collection of eBooks on the Unity UGUI System here: 📘 Itch: https://christinacreatesgames.itch.io/ 💬 Join the Discord You are very welcome to join https://discord.gg/8pDT2J2TBX ! 🎮 Play My Games 🎲 https://christinacreatesgames.itch.io 🛍️ Recommended Assets https://assetstore.unity.com/lists/highly-recommended-9071944798250?aid=1101lr4hF [affiliate] 📖 List of books all around Gamedev and Design I recommend: https://www.christinacreatesgames.com/bookshelf Otherwise, using my affiliate codes for these stores helps to support my channel: 🛒 Unity Asset Store: https://assetstore.unity.com/?aid=1101lr4hF [affiliate] 🏪 Synty Store: https://syntystore.com/christinacreatesgames [affiliate] 🪸 Envato Elements: https://1.envato.market/ChristinaCreatesGames [affiliate] 🟦 Amazon: https://amzn.to/3G8NgFq [affiliate] 🌟 Actionable UI Feedback for Your Game I offer UI consulting for gamedev projects! With 15+ years of design experience and a background of a teacher, I’m here to help: 👉 Learn more: https://www.vennegerts.com/en/gamedevelopment-consulting/ ☕ Support Me on Ko-fi If you enjoy the content and want to support my work: 💛 Buy me a cocoa: https://ko-fi.com/christinacreatesgames #unitytutorial #unity3d #gamedev #indiedev