feat: better paste, resolves #346

Author: Yagnap

js/browser/graph.ts

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { timer } from "../timer";
 import { NODE } from "../node";
 import { progress } from "./progress";
 import { View } from "./view";
-import type { Core, Collection, NodeCollection, EdgeCollection, NodeSingular } from "cytoscape";
+import type { Core, Collection, NodeCollection, EdgeCollection, NodeSingular, EdgeSingular } from "cytoscape";
 import cytoscape from "cytoscape"; //eslint-disable-line no-duplicate-imports
 import type { Menu } from "./menu";
 import log from "loglevel";
@@ -318,7 +318,8 @@ export class Graph {
 		return this.getElementsByIds(nodes.map((node) => node.id())) as unknown as NodeCollection;
 	}
 
-	/** @param ids - iterable of cytoscape ids
+	/** Get a collection of nodes/edges using a list of their IDs. Works only in this graph.
+	 * @param ids - iterable of cytoscape ids
 	 * @returns cytoscape collection of elements with those ids */
 	getElementsByIds(ids: Iterable<string>): Collection {
 		const own = this.cy.collection();
@@ -328,6 +329,32 @@ export class Graph {
 		}
 		return own;
 	}
+	/** Get a collection of nodes/edges using a list of their IDs.
+	 * If not existant in this graph, then all others are scanned.
+	 * @param ids - iterable of cytoscape ids
+	 * @returns cytoscape collection of elements with those ids */
+	getElementsByAllMeansNecessary(ids: Iterable<string>): Collection {
+		const own = this.cy.collection();
+		for (const id of ids) {
+			let ele = this.cy.getElementById(id);
+			if (ele.length === 0) {
+				// get out the big guns
+				// search every view for this id
+				for (const view of View.views()) {
+					ele = view.state.cy.getElementById(id);
+					// if the query does not return an empty collection, we found the element
+					if (ele.length !== 0) {
+						console.debug("Found!");
+						// add it to our graph!
+						this.cy.add(ele);
+						break;
+					}
+				}
+			}
+			own.merge(ele);
+		}
+		return own;
+	}
 	/** Returns the start node for all path operations
       @returns the start node for all path operations, or null if none exists. */
 	getSource(): NodeSingular | null {

js/browser/main.ts

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ function initKeyListener(): void {
 		}
 		// Copy
 		if (e.code === "KeyS" || e.code === "KeyC") {
-			const selected = layoutState.cy.nodes(":selected");
+			const selected = layoutState.cy.elements(":selected");
 			if (selected.size() === 0) {
 				return;
 			} // do nothing when nothing selected
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ function initKeyListener(): void {
 		if (e.code === "KeyP" || e.code === "KeyV") {
 			layoutState.cy.startBatch();
 			layoutState.cy.elements().unselect();
-			const nodes = layoutState.graph.getElementsByIds(clipboard) as unknown as NodeCollection;
+			const nodes = layoutState.graph.getElementsByAllMeansNecessary(clipboard) as unknown as NodeCollection;
 			Graph.setVisible(nodes, true);
 
 			layoutState.cy.endBatch();