Copy/Paste Image from Clipboard

[Btibert3]

Description

I attempted a flow that I use in Google Colab all the time: in a markdown cell I paste from the clipboard an image that will render in the notebook via ![image.png](data:image/png;base64, ....

In molab, it appears that the image is uploaded to a modal volume, but that volume is not the same "current directory" for the notebook.

My preference is the Colab flow which is base64, but if we can share the molab notebook with image files properly included, that obviously works too.

Suggested solution

Copy + paste an image from my local clipboard, and have it rendered as a base64 image via a markdown cell. Only the image is shown in rendered form, the raw markdown/encoding is not shown unless in an edit mode.

Are you willing to submit a PR?

• Yes

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[akshayka]

Hi @Btibert3, thanks for filing. We'll try to fix this, though I'm not sure what the correct solution is (whether it's copying the Colab flow or putting the image in the same directory as the notebook). @Light2Dark or @mscolnick may have an opinion on the solution?