Add the ability to copy messages in Expensify.cash

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Internal issue: https://github.com/Expensify/Expensify/issues/147479 Internal Upwork Posting: https://www.upwork.com/ab/applicants/1371557081012895744/job-details Public Upwork Posting: https://www.upwork.com/jobs/~013badfb341950b5a6

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Expected Result:

The “Copy to Clipboard” button in the ReportActionContextMenu should copy the text context of a report action / message to the clipboard.

Actual Result:

The “Copy to Clipboard” button in the ReportActionContextMenu currently doesn’t do anything:

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Action Performed:

1. Temporarily edit this function to always return true so that the ReportActionContextMenu will show (see screenshots above).
2. Hover, right-click, or longPress a message in a report (called a reportAction), then click Copy to Clipboard

Workaround:

None.

Platform:

All platforms ->

Web iOS Android Desktop App Mobile Web

Notes/Photos/Videos:

• A good clipboard library for React Native is @react-native-community/clipboard, so your solution should probably leverage that.
• Your solution must work on all platforms.
• A solution should copy only the plain-text version of a message, not HTML the html.
• BONUS: Make it also work to copy images 😉

[mallenexpensify]

@roryabraham Assigned to you since you’ll be the one reviewing proposals

[roryabraham]

Well, just to clarify the “context menu” and “hover menu” are just different manifestations of the ReportActionContextMenu, and they should never show at the same time. A similar effect with the checkmark should be implemented on both, ideally.