Paste an Image from the Clipboard to RadImageEditor

Updated on Sep 15, 2025

Environment

Product Version	2019.1.220
Product	RadImageEditor for WPF

Description

Paste an image file or selection from the clipboard to RadImageEditor.

Solution

The following code snippet demonstrates how to get an image from the clipboard and load it in RadImageEditor.

C#

	this.ImageEditor.KeyUp += (s, e) =>
	{
		if (e.Key == Key.V && KeyboardModifiers.IsControlDown)
		{
			var image = Clipboard.GetImage();
			if (image != null)
			{
				this.ImageEditor.Image = new RadBitmap(image);
			}
			else
			{
				var files = Clipboard.GetFileDropList();

				if (files.Count > 0)
				{
				 	var file = new FileStream(files[0], FileMode.Open);
				 	this.ImageEditor.Image = new RadBitmap(file);
				}
			}
		}
	};

VB.NET

 	AddHandler Me.ImageEditor.KeyUp, Sub(s, e)
		If e.Key = Key.V AndAlso KeyboardModifiers.IsControlDown Then
		  Dim image = Clipboard.GetImage()
		  If image IsNot Nothing Then
			Me.ImageEditor.Image = New RadBitmap(image)
		  Else
			Dim files = Clipboard.GetFileDropList()
			If files.Count > 0 Then
				Dim file = New FileStream(files(0), FileMode.Open)
				Me.ImageEditor.Image = New RadBitmap(file)
			End If
		  End If
		End If
	End Sub

The first if statement checks whether an image was copied from another image. If this is not the case, we check whether a whole image file has been copied to the clipboard.