As a user I want to copy-paste the FQBN from the UI

[kittaakos]

When I have to verify the IDE2 behavior against the CLI, I very often end up running arduino-cli board list from a terminal to get the FQBN of the attached boards. It would be great to be put the FQBN of a particular board to the clipboard in IDE2.

This should be possible from the IDE2

• using the UI only, or maybe
• with a keybinding, or
• a right-click context menu solution is fine too, or maybe
• from the status bar.

If you have any better ideas/requirements, please leave a comment.

[per1234]

An alternative would be to provide the FQBN in a convenient location in the verbose compilation output for copy/paste. I do find myself periodically copying the FQBN from the classic Arduino IDE's output and I have to find it in a super long arduino-builder command. I have even suggested Arduino CLI users try this when they are having trouble determining which FQBN to use for their board (arduino/arduino-cli#138 (comment)).

I see there is currently something like that already in the Arduino Pro IDE output:

{
  "sketchUri": "file:///c%3A/Users/per/AppData/Local/Temp/.arduinoProIDE-unsaved2021118-13332-pznk4d.u9m8q/sketch_feb18c/sketch_feb18c.ino",
  "fqbn": "arduino:avr:mega:cpu=atmega2560",
  "optimizeForDebug": true,
  "verbose": false,
  "exportBinaries": false
}

The other parts of that output aren't so useful, but the FQBN part seems nice enough. The JSON formatting isn't needed.

[per1234]

provide the FQBN in a convenient location in the verbose compilation output for copy/paste

This capability has since been provided by arduino/arduino-cli#2134 + #1996

The original request is still not implemented:

This should be possible from the IDE2

• using the UI only, or maybe
• with a keybinding, or
• a right-click context menu solution is fine too, or maybe
• from the status bar.