Copy and Paste

Updated on Sep 15, 2025

The RadSpreadSheet control uses the SpreadProcessing library as its document model. This library allows you to copy the selected cell or a cells region and paste it in the same/other worksheet.

More information about the copy and paste functionality of the SpreadProcessing library can be found in this article.

The following example shows how to copy cells and paste them:

Defining the Radspreadsheet and the UI elements for the copy and paste logic

XAML

    <Grid>
        <Grid.RowDefinitions>
            <RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
            <RowDefinition Height="*"/>
        </Grid.RowDefinitions>
        <StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
            <telerik:RadButton Content="Copy cells from this worksheet"
                               Click="OnCopyCellsButtonClicked"/>
            <telerik:RadButton Content="Paste copied cells in the second worksheet"
                               Click="OnPasteCellsButtonClicked"/>
        </StackPanel>
        <telerik:RadSpreadsheet x:Name="spreadsheet" Grid.Row="1"/>
    </Grid>

Defining the copy and paste logic for the added UI elements

C#

    private void OnCopyCellsButtonClicked(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
    {
        Selection selection = this.spreadsheet.ActiveWorksheetEditor.Selection;
    
        this.spreadsheet.CommandDescriptors.Copy.Command.Execute(selection);
    }
    
    private void OnPasteCellsButtonClicked(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
    {
        this.spreadsheet.ActiveWorksheetEditor.Paste();
    }

RadSpreadsheetRibbon

The copy and paste functionality is also present in the RadSpreadsheetRibbon element, which is a UI component that you can use together with RadSpreadsheet. Via the copy and paste buttons on the left side of the RadspreadsheetRibbon element, you can execute this logic through the UI.