Making selected text or items accessible so that applications like Raycast can interact with them

Discussion in 'Parallels Desktop for Mac Feature Suggestions' started by AnwarulI, Jul 7, 2025 at 11:19 AM.

  1. AnwarulI

    AnwarulI Bit poster

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    Parallels is great, but I miss one thing that can make the experience even greater. It's probably a simple feature (well, I assume), but it can make a significant difference.

    I can't get selected text from the VM to the Mac. If that is possible, I would be able to use software like Raycast seamlessly with both the Mac and the Windows VM. It will also be beneficial for others to access selected text from Parallels to the outside of the VM (Mac). I am not talking about copy and paste. I am talking about when we select text on Parallels, we should be able to get the selected text through the macOS API.

    Here's the simple integration that Raycast does. Both getSelectedText and getSelectedFinderItems are good to have outside of Parallels. developers.raycast.com/api-reference/environment#getselectedtext.

    It's actually not just about Raycast. It's about making selected text or items accessible so that applications like Raycast can interact with them, just as Raycast does with selected text or items from Mac apps.
     

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