You can use Amazon DCV to copy and paste text between your local computer and the Amazon DCV session. You must be authorized to use this feature. If you are not authorized, the functionality is not available in the client. For more information, see Configuring Amazon DCV Authorization in the Amazon DCV Administrator Guide.
The type of content that can be copied and pasted, and the methods for copying and pasting differ between the Windows client, web browser client, Linux client, and macOS client.
Windows, Linux, and macOS clients
You can use the Windows, Linux, and macOS clients to copy and paste text and images between your local computer and the Amazon DCV session. You can do this using the keyboard shortcuts and context (right-click) menu shortcuts. If you can't copy and paste, contact your Amazon DCV server administrator to ensure that the permissions are properly configured.
Web browser client
You can use the web browser client to copy and paste text and images between your local computer and the Amazon DCV session. Use keyboard shortcuts and context (right-click) menu to copy and paste text and images on Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge. Mozilla Firefox and Apple Safari do not support copying and pasting images, and require a different procedure to copy and paste text.
To copy text from the session in Mozilla Firefox or Apple Safari and paste on your local computer
In the web browser client, highlight the text to copy and choose Clipboard, Copy to Local Device.
The text is now placed in your computer's clipboard.
Paste the text using the paste keyboard shortcut or context menu shortcut.
To copy text from your local computer and paste in the session in Mozilla Firefox or Apple Safari
On your local computer, copy the text using the copy keyboard shortcut or context menu.
In the web browser client, choose Clipboard, Paste to Remote Session.
Paste the text using the host operating system's paste shortcuts.
