Data copying method and electronic device

A system, comprising an electronic device and a second electronic device, wherein

• the first electronic is configured to:
• determine, in response to receiving a first user operation, first selected data by using a first source application, and send the first selected data to a first process, wherein the first user operation is copying, cutting, or dragging, the first selected data comprises at least one of a picture, a text paragraph, or a file, and the first source application and the first process are on the first electronic device;
• and
• send the first selected data to a second electronic device by using the first process;
• and
• the second electronic device is configured to:
• display a second window in response to receiving a second user operation, wherein the second window comprises a plurality of controls, the plurality of controls correspond to a plurality of pieces of data in the first selected data, and the plurality of controls correspond to different data.

An electronic device, comprising:

• one or more processors and a non-transitory memory, wherein the non-transitory is configured to store a computer program code for execution by the one or more processors, the computer program code comprises computer instructions for:
• determining, in response to receiving a first user operation, first selected data by using a first source application, wherein the first operation is copying, cutting, or dragging, and the first selected data comprises at least one of a picture, a text paragraph, or a file;
• sending the first selected data to a first process;
• converting the first selected data into a first extended data object by using the first process, wherein the first extended data object comprises the first selected data and a first status parameter, and the first status parameter is used to describe at least a format of data in the first selected data;
• and
• displaying a first window in response to receiving a second user operation, wherein the first window is used to display data comprising the first selected data, and data in different formats is displayed in different manners.