# What is supposed to be copied from the context menu of a plot?

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-is-supposed-to-be-copied-from-the-context-menu-of-a-plot/108522>\
**Category:** VS Code\
**Tags:** plotting, vscode, plots, copy, plot\
**Created:** [January 8, 2024, 3:24pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-is-supposed-to-be-copied-from-the-context-menu-of-a-plot/108522 "2024-01-08T15:24:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![homocomputeris](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/homocomputeris/32/8933_2.png) [@homocomputeris](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/homocomputeris)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2024, 3:24pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-is-supposed-to-be-copied-from-the-context-menu-of-a-plot/108522/1 "2024-01-08T15:24:39Z")

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What is supposed to be copies from the context menu of a plot and where can it be pasted?

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**Author:** ![gustaphe](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/gustaphe/32/18174_2.png) [@gustaphe](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/gustaphe)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2024, 10:16pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-is-supposed-to-be-copied-from-the-context-menu-of-a-plot/108522/2 "2024-01-08T22:16:04Z")

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I don’t know what is actually implemented, I’ve barely used VSCode but from similar applications what I would expect/hope for is this:

Is dependant on the application where you paste, following a priority list of mime types. If you paste in Inkscape it’s a vector image. If you paste in Word it’s a png. If you paste in Paint it’s a bitmap and if you paste in Notepad it’s a textual summary.

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**Author:** ![pfitzseb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/pfitzseb/32/45566_2.png) [@pfitzseb](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/pfitzseb)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2024, 9:03am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-is-supposed-to-be-copied-from-the-context-menu-of-a-plot/108522/3 "2024-01-09T09:03:36Z")

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That context menu doesn’t have any functionality. It only exists because no one spend time figuring out how to remove it.