GW2Clipboard

A Windows application that allows you to store text to be pasted into Guild Wars 2 via the clipboard. There is an optional ArcDPS plug-in that can be used to automatically open and close this application when Guild Wars 2 opens and closes.

The application can exist in an Open Drawer state (where the UI is fully visible), a Closed Drawer state where only the Icon bar is visible or minimized to the system tray - both Drawer states store their own size and positional information.

This application can be used to store Build templates and general text you may wish to use during game-play, including content-specific strategies you regularly paste into the game.

Please note: Integration with Guild Wars 2 is limited to the MumbleLink: https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/API:MumbleLink

Releases

For current releases please click the following link: https://github.com/maklorgw2/gw2clipboard/releases

For ArcDPS integration, please click the following link: https://github.com/maklorgw2/arcdps_gw2clipboard/releases

Installation guide

Download the zip file
Extract the files to an appropriate folder
- if you wish to integrate with ArcDPS, the preferred folder is: <guild wars 2 folder>/addons/gw2clipboard
Run gw2clipboard.exe

For ArcDPS integration, you will need to download an additional dll. Please please read this.

Overview

The application uses sets of information (called categories) that are filtered by the MumbleLink information.

Each category can have a set of tags. Current tags are:

Profession (ie Necromancer)
Map
Game-mode
Commander Tag active

Inside each category is a set of groups, groups are where the text to be copied to the clipboard is stored.

A Build category can have multiple groups each with a single text-item and name.

A Text category can have multiple groups and each group can have multiple text-items.

Text is automatically copied to the clipboard when you click on it, or you navigate to item via the hotkeys.

Hotkeys

System-wide Hotkeys (can be used when GW2 has focus)

Alt-Up, Alt-Down, Alt-Left and Alt-Right: Navigate through and inside the categories
Alt-B: Toggle drawer (open and closed) and go to the Build categories
Alt-T: Toggle drawer (open and closed) and go to the Text categories
Alt-C: Toggle drawer (open and closed) and go to configuration
Alt-BackSpace: Close drawer

Local keys (when application has focus)

Up, Down, Left and Right: Navigate through and inside the categories
Escape: Close drawer

Game-modes

Each map has been allocated one of the following game-modes:

WvW
PvP
PVE: Dungeons
PVE: Fractals
PVE: Raids
PVE: Other

Any unknown new maps are allocated as PvE: Other.

Configuration

There are three main configuration files:

settings.json - General settings
categories.json - Category settings you have set-up
maps.json - Map information (id, name, game-mode etc)

Requirements for running application

Windows 10
.NET Framework 4.61
Guild Wars 2 running in Windowed Mode if used as an overlay

Building the code

Requirements for building application

Visual Studio 2019
Optional: Bundling and Minifier plug-in (for release css)
Optional: Visual Studio Code
NodeJS 10.x or higher

The Host application

The Host application is a Windows Forms application written in C#. The UI uses a machine-local webpage via a WebBrowser control.

The Client application

The Client application (the User Interface) is written in Typescript and React, and can be built as dev or release.

First you will need to install the dependencies:

cd /path-to-project/ClientApp/ts
npm install

To build the dev bundle (and watch for changes)

npm run build

To build the minified release bundle

npm run release