diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 5a9f0ae59..2761c1002 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ dioxus-hooks = { version = "0.4" }
 dioxus-core = { version = "0.4" }
 dioxus-hot-reload = { version = "0.4", features = ["file_watcher"] }
 dioxus-router = { version = "0.4", default-features = false }
+dioxus-std = { version = "0.4", features = ["clipboard"] }
 
 skia-safe = { version = "0.67.0", features = ["gl", "textlayout", "svg"] }
 
@@ -66,7 +67,7 @@ freya-node-state = { workspace = true }
 reqwest = { version = "0.11.22", features = ["json"] }
 serde = "1.0.189"
 tracing-subscriber = "0.3.17"
-dioxus-std = { version = "0.4", features = ["i18n"] }
+dioxus-std = { version = "0.4", features = ["i18n", "clipboard"] }
 rand = "0.8.5"
 dioxus-router = { workspace = true }
 itertools = "0.11.0"
diff --git a/crates/hooks/Cargo.toml b/crates/hooks/Cargo.toml
index 762167197..2673f916f 100644
--- a/crates/hooks/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/hooks/Cargo.toml
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ dioxus-native-core = { workspace = true }
 dioxus-core-macro = { workspace = true }
 dioxus-hooks = { workspace = true }
 dioxus-core = { workspace = true }
+dioxus-std = { workspace = true }
 
 tokio = { workspace = true }
 winit = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/crates/hooks/src/rope_editor.rs b/crates/hooks/src/rope_editor.rs
index 8eec3bc39..13a7144e6 100644
--- a/crates/hooks/src/rope_editor.rs
+++ b/crates/hooks/src/rope_editor.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use std::{cmp::Ordering, fmt::Display, ops::Range};
 
+use dioxus_std::clipboard::UseClipboard;
 use ropey::iter::Lines;
 pub use ropey::Rope;
 
@@ -14,6 +15,8 @@ pub struct RopeEditor {
 
     /// Selected text range
     selected: Option<(usize, usize)>,
+
+    clipboard: UseClipboard
 }
 
 impl Display for RopeEditor {
@@ -24,12 +27,13 @@ impl Display for RopeEditor {
 
 impl RopeEditor {
     // Create a new [`RopeEditor`]
-    pub fn new(text: String, cursor: TextCursor, mode: EditableMode) -> Self {
+    pub fn new(text: String, cursor: TextCursor, mode: EditableMode, clipboard: UseClipboard) -> Self {
         Self {
             rope: Rope::from_str(&text),
             cursor,
             selected: None,
             mode,
+            clipboard
         }
     }
 
@@ -93,6 +97,10 @@ impl TextEditor for RopeEditor {
         }
     }
 
+    fn get_clipboard(&self) -> &UseClipboard {
+        &self.clipboard
+    }
+
     fn highlights(&self, editor_id: usize) -> Option<(usize, usize)> {
         let (selected_from, selected_to) = self.selected?;
 
@@ -190,6 +198,12 @@ impl TextEditor for RopeEditor {
             self.set_cursor_pos(to);
         }
     }
+
+    fn get_selected_text(&self) -> Option<String> {
+        let selected = self.selected?;
+
+        Some(self.rope().get_slice(selected.0..selected.1)?.to_string())
+    }
 }
 
 /// Iterator over text lines.
diff --git a/crates/hooks/src/text_editor.rs b/crates/hooks/src/text_editor.rs
index 03daf6334..c4f8d2853 100644
--- a/crates/hooks/src/text_editor.rs
+++ b/crates/hooks/src/text_editor.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use std::{borrow::Cow, fmt::Display, ops::Range};
 
+use dioxus_std::clipboard::UseClipboard;
 use freya_elements::events::keyboard::{Code, Key, Modifiers};
 pub use ropey::Rope;
 
@@ -179,6 +180,8 @@ pub trait TextEditor: Sized + Clone + Display {
 
     fn move_highlight_to_cursor(&mut self);
 
+    fn get_clipboard(&self) -> &UseClipboard;
+
     // Process a Keyboard event
     fn process_key(&mut self, key: &Key, code: &Code, modifiers: &Modifiers) -> TextEvent {
         let mut event = TextEvent::None;
@@ -358,12 +361,16 @@ pub trait TextEditor: Sized + Clone + Display {
 
                         event = TextEvent::TextChanged
                     }
+                    Code::KeyC if modifiers.contains(Modifiers::CONTROL) => {
+                        let selected = self.get_selected_text();
+                        println!("copying: >{selected:?}<");
+                    }
                     _ => {
                         if let Ok(ch) = character.parse::<char>() {
                             if !ch.is_ascii_control() {
                                 // Adds a new character
                                 let char_idx =
-                                    self.line_to_char(self.cursor_row()) + self.cursor_col();
+                                self.line_to_char(self.cursor_row()) + self.cursor_col();
                                 self.insert(character, char_idx);
                                 self.cursor_right();
 
@@ -382,4 +389,6 @@ pub trait TextEditor: Sized + Clone + Display {
 
         event
     }
+
+    fn get_selected_text(&self) -> Option<String>;
 }
diff --git a/crates/hooks/src/use_editable.rs b/crates/hooks/src/use_editable.rs
index e54eb19fc..5c1db8fea 100644
--- a/crates/hooks/src/use_editable.rs
+++ b/crates/hooks/src/use_editable.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ use std::{
 
 use dioxus_core::{AttributeValue, Scope, ScopeState};
 use dioxus_hooks::{use_effect, use_ref, use_state, UseRef, UseState};
+use dioxus_std::clipboard::use_clipboard;
 use freya_common::{CursorLayoutResponse, EventMessage};
 use freya_elements::events::{KeyboardData, MouseData};
 use freya_node_state::{CursorReference, CustomAttributeValues};
@@ -157,11 +158,12 @@ pub fn use_editable(
 ) -> UseEditable {
     let id = cx.use_hook(Uuid::new_v4);
     let platform = use_platform(cx);
+    let clipboard = use_clipboard(cx);
 
     // Hold the text editor
     let text_editor = use_state(cx, || {
         let config = initializer();
-        RopeEditor::new(config.content, config.cursor, mode)
+        RopeEditor::new(config.content, config.cursor, mode, clipboard)
     });
 
     let cursor_channels = cx.use_hook(|| {