From 8db9e73ca68c006769af3997034959f6b7008add Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ananya Sen
Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2012 11:02:55 -0700
Subject: - added io api to generate file from binary - refactoring and cleanup

Signed-off-by: Ananya Sen <Ananya.Sen@motorola.com>
---
 js/clipboard/external-apps-clipboard-agent.js      | 220 ++++++++
 .../internal-ops/component-clipboard-agent.js      |  40 ++
 js/clipboard/internal-ops/css-clipboard-agent.js   |  40 ++
 .../internal-ops/elements-clipboard-agent.js       | 364 ++++++++++++
 .../internal-ops/timeline-clipboard-agent.js       |  40 ++
 js/clipboard/util.js                               |  28 +
 js/controllers/clipboard-controller.js             | 624 +--------------------
 js/mediators/drag-drop-mediator.js                 | 108 ++--
 js/mediators/io-mediator.js                        |  53 +-
 9 files changed, 844 insertions(+), 673 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 js/clipboard/external-apps-clipboard-agent.js
 create mode 100644 js/clipboard/internal-ops/component-clipboard-agent.js
 create mode 100644 js/clipboard/internal-ops/css-clipboard-agent.js
 create mode 100644 js/clipboard/internal-ops/elements-clipboard-agent.js
 create mode 100644 js/clipboard/internal-ops/timeline-clipboard-agent.js
 create mode 100644 js/clipboard/util.js

diff --git a/js/clipboard/external-apps-clipboard-agent.js b/js/clipboard/external-apps-clipboard-agent.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7e55cf08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/js/clipboard/external-apps-clipboard-agent.js
@@ -0,0 +1,220 @@
+/* <copyright>
+This file contains proprietary software owned by Motorola Mobility, Inc.<br/>
+No rights, expressed or implied, whatsoever to this software are provided by Motorola Mobility, Inc. hereunder.<br/>
+(c) Copyright 2011 Motorola Mobility, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
+</copyright> */
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+//
+
+var Montage = 		        require("montage/core/core").Montage,
+    Component = 	require("montage/ui/component").Component,
+    ClipboardUtil = require("js/clipboard/util").ClipboardUtil;
+
+var ExternalAppsClipboardAgent = exports.ExternalAppsClipboardAgent = Montage.create(Component, {
+
+    paste:{
+        value: function(clipboardEvent){
+            var clipboardData = clipboardEvent.clipboardData,
+            htmlData = clipboardData.getData("text/html"),
+            textData = clipboardData.getData("text/plain"),
+            i=0,
+            imageMime, imageData, imageElement;
+
+            //handle image blobs
+            if(clipboardData.items &&  (clipboardData.items.length > 0)){
+                for(i=0; i < clipboardData.items.length; i++ ){
+                    if((clipboardData.items[i].kind === "file") && (clipboardData.items[i].type.indexOf("image") === 0)){//example type -> "image/png"
+                        imageMime = clipboardData.items[i].type;
+                        imageData = clipboardData.items[i].getAsFile();
+                        try{
+                            imageElement = this.pasteImageBinary(imageData);
+                        }catch(e){
+                            console.log(""+e.stack);
+                        }
+                        this.application.ninja.selectionController.selectElements(imageElement);
+                        this.application.ninja.currentDocument.model.needsSave = true;
+
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
+            try{
+                if(!!htmlData || !!textData){
+                    this.pasteHtml(htmlData, textData);
+                }
+            }catch(e){
+                console.log(""+e.stack);
+            }
+
+        }
+    },
+
+    //todo: this will be moved to a seperate api
+    pasteImageBinary:{
+        value: function(imageBlob){
+            var element, self = this,
+                fileType = imageBlob.type;
+
+            element = this.application.ninja.ioMediator.createFileFromBinary(imageBlob, {"addFileToStage" : self.addImageElement.bind(self)});
+
+            return element;
+
+        }
+    },
+
+    addImageElement:{
+        value: function(status){
+            var save = status.save,
+                fileName = status.filename,
+                url = status.url,
+                fileType = status.fileType,
+                element, rules, self = this;
+
+            if (save && save.success && save.status === 201) {
+                //
+                if (fileType.indexOf('svg') !== -1) {
+                    element = document.application.njUtils.make('embed', null, this.application.ninja.currentDocument);//TODO: Verify this is proper
+                    element.type = 'image/svg+xml';
+                    element.src = url+'/'+fileName;
+                } else {
+                    element = document.application.njUtils.make('image', null, this.application.ninja.currentDocument);
+                    element.src = url+'/'+fileName;
+                }
+                //Adding element once it is loaded
+                element.onload = function () {
+                    element.onload = null;
+                    self.application.ninja.elementMediator.addElements(element, rules, true);
+                };
+                //Setting rules of element
+                rules = {
+                    'position': 'absolute',
+                    'top' : '100px',
+                    'left' : '100px'
+                };
+                //
+                self.application.ninja.elementMediator.addElements(element, rules, false);
+            } else {
+                //TODO: HANDLE ERROR ON SAVING FILE TO BE ADDED AS ELEMENT
+            }
+
+            return element;
+        }
+    },
+
+    //paste from external applicaitons
+    pasteHtml:{//todo: change to pasteNinja, pasteHTML, etc
+        value: function(htmlData, textData){
+            var i=0, j=0,
+                pasteDataObject=null,
+                pastedElements = [],
+                node = null, nodeList = null,
+                styles = null,
+                divWrapper = null,
+                spanWrapper = null,
+                metaEl = null,
+                self = this;
+
+            if(htmlData){
+
+                //TODO: cleanse HTML
+
+                htmlData.replace(/[<script]/g," ");
+
+                this.application.ninja.selectedElements.length = 0;
+                NJevent("selectionChange", {"elements": this.application.ninja.selectedElements, "isDocument": true} );
+
+                try{
+                    nodeList = ClipboardUtil.deserializeHtmlString(htmlData);//this removes html and body tags
+                }
+                catch(e){
+                    console.log(""+e.stack);
+                }
+
+                for(i=0; i < nodeList.length; i++){
+                    if(nodeList[i].tagName === "META") {
+                        nodeList[i] = null;
+                    }
+                    else if (nodeList[i].tagName === "CANVAS"){
+                        //can't paste external canvas for lack of all metadata
+                        nodeList[i] = null;
+                    }
+                    else if((nodeList[i].nodeType === 3) || (nodeList[i].tagName === "A")){
+                        node = nodeList[i].cloneNode(true);
+
+                        divWrapper = document.application.njUtils.make("div", null, this.application.ninja.currentDocument);
+                        spanWrapper = document.application.njUtils.make("span", null, this.application.ninja.currentDocument);
+                        spanWrapper.appendChild(node);
+                        divWrapper.appendChild(spanWrapper);
+                        styles = {"position":"absolute", "top":"100px", "left":"100px"};
+
+                        this.pastePositioned(divWrapper, styles);
+
+                        nodeList[i] = null;
+                        pastedElements.push(divWrapper);
+
+                    }else if(nodeList[i].tagName === "SPAN"){
+                        node = nodeList[i].cloneNode(true);
+
+                        divWrapper = document.application.njUtils.make("div", null, this.application.ninja.currentDocument);
+                        divWrapper.appendChild(node);
+                        styles =  {"position":"absolute", "top":"100px", "left":"100px"};
+
+                        this.pastePositioned(divWrapper, styles);
+
+                        nodeList[i] = null;
+                        pastedElements.push(divWrapper);
+                    }
+                    else {
+                        node = nodeList[i].cloneNode(true);
+
+                        //get class string while copying .... generate styles from class
+                        styles = {"position":"absolute", "top":"100px", "left":"100px"};
+
+                        this.pastePositioned(node, styles);
+
+                        nodeList[i] = null;
+                        pastedElements.push(node);
+                    }
+
+                }
+
+                nodeList = null;
+
+
+            }else if(textData){
+                node = ClipboardUtil.deserializeHtmlString("<div><span>"+ textData +"</span></div>")[0];
+                styles = {"position":"absolute", "top":"100px", "left":"100px"};
+                this.pastePositioned(node, styles);
+            }
+
+            NJevent("elementAdded", pastedElements);
+            this.application.ninja.currentDocument.model.needsSave = true;
+
+        }
+    },
+
+    pastePositioned:{
+        value: function(element, styles, fromCopy){// for now can wok for both in-place and centered paste
+            var modObject = [], x,y, newX, newY, counter;
+
+            if((typeof fromCopy === "undefined") || (fromCopy && fromCopy === true)){
+                counter = this.pasteCounter;
+            }else{
+                counter = this.pasteCounter - 1;
+            }
+
+            x = styles ? ("" + styles.left + "px") : "100px";
+            y = styles ? ("" + styles.top + "px") : "100px";
+            newX = styles ? ("" + (styles.left + (25 * counter)) + "px") : "100px";
+            newY = styles ? ("" + (styles.top + (25 * counter)) + "px") : "100px";
+
+            if(!styles || (styles && !styles.position)){
+                this.application.ninja.elementMediator.addElements(element, null, false);
+            }else if(styles && (styles.position === "absolute")){
+                this.application.ninja.elementMediator.addElements(element, {"top" : newY, "left" : newX}, false);//displace
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+});
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diff --git a/js/clipboard/internal-ops/component-clipboard-agent.js b/js/clipboard/internal-ops/component-clipboard-agent.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8b589a27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/js/clipboard/internal-ops/component-clipboard-agent.js
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+/* <copyright>
+This file contains proprietary software owned by Motorola Mobility, Inc.<br/>
+No rights, expressed or implied, whatsoever to this software are provided by Motorola Mobility, Inc. hereunder.<br/>
+(c) Copyright 2011 Motorola Mobility, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
+</copyright> */
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+//
+
+var Montage = 		        require("montage/core/core").Montage,
+    Component = 	require("montage/ui/component").Component;
+
+var ComponentsClipboardAgent = exports.ComponentsClipboardAgent = Montage.create(Component, {
+
+    copy:{
+        value: function(clipboardEvent){
+
+        }
+    },
+
+    cut:{
+        value:function(clipboardEvent){
+
+        }
+
+    },
+
+    pasteFromCopy:{
+        value:function(){
+
+        }
+    },
+
+    pasteFromCut:{
+          value:function(){
+
+          }
+    }
+
+});
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diff --git a/js/clipboard/internal-ops/css-clipboard-agent.js b/js/clipboard/internal-ops/css-clipboard-agent.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..690a3a84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/js/clipboard/internal-ops/css-clipboard-agent.js
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+/* <copyright>
+This file contains proprietary software owned by Motorola Mobility, Inc.<br/>
+No rights, expressed or implied, whatsoever to this software are provided by Motorola Mobility, Inc. hereunder.<br/>
+(c) Copyright 2011 Motorola Mobility, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
+</copyright> */
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+//
+
+var Montage = 		        require("montage/core/core").Montage,
+    Component = 	require("montage/ui/component").Component;
+
+var CssClipboardAgent = exports.CssClipboardAgent = Montage.create(Component, {
+
+    copy:{
+        value: function(clipboardEvent){
+
+        }
+    },
+
+    cut:{
+        value:function(clipboardEvent){
+
+        }
+
+    },
+
+    pasteFromCopy:{
+        value:function(){
+
+        }
+    },
+
+    pasteFromCut:{
+          value:function(){
+
+          }
+    }
+
+});
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diff --git a/js/clipboard/internal-ops/elements-clipboard-agent.js b/js/clipboard/internal-ops/elements-clipboard-agent.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cd8de46e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/js/clipboard/internal-ops/elements-clipboard-agent.js
@@ -0,0 +1,364 @@
+/* <copyright>
+This file contains proprietary software owned by Motorola Mobility, Inc.<br/>
+No rights, expressed or implied, whatsoever to this software are provided by Motorola Mobility, Inc. hereunder.<br/>
+(c) Copyright 2011 Motorola Mobility, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
+</copyright> */
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+//
+
+var Montage = 		        require("montage/core/core").Montage,
+    Component = 	require("montage/ui/component").Component,
+    ClipboardUtil = require("js/clipboard/util").ClipboardUtil,
+    World =         require("js/lib/drawing/world").World;
+
+var ElementsClipboardAgent = exports.ElementsClipboardAgent = Montage.create(Component, {
+
+    //count how many times pasted
+    //used to move multiple pastes of same copy
+    pasteCounter:{
+        value: 0
+    },
+
+    copiedObjects:{
+        value: {}
+    },
+
+    copy:{
+        value: function(clipboardEvent){
+            var j=0, htmlToClipboard = "", ninjaClipboardObj = {}, textToClipboard = "";
+            this.copiedObjects = {};
+            this.pasteCounter = 0;
+            this.copiedObjects["copy"] = [];
+
+            if(clipboardEvent){
+                for(j=0; j < this.application.ninja.selectedElements.length; j++){//copying from stage
+                    this.copiedObjects.copy.push(this.application.ninja.selectedElements[j]);
+
+                    if(this.application.ninja.selectedElements[j].tagName === "CANVAS"){
+                        if(!ninjaClipboardObj.canvas){
+                            ninjaClipboardObj.canvas = true;
+                        }
+                    }else{
+                        htmlToClipboard = htmlToClipboard + this.serializeHTMLElement(this.application.ninja.selectedElements[j]);
+                        if(!ninjaClipboardObj.plainHtml){
+                            ninjaClipboardObj.plainHtml = true;
+                        }
+                        textToClipboard = textToClipboard + this.getText(this.application.ninja.selectedElements[j]) + " ";
+                    }
+
+                }
+                //set clipboard data
+                clipboardEvent.clipboardData.setData('ninja', ''+ JSON.stringify(ninjaClipboardObj));
+                clipboardEvent.clipboardData.setData('text/html', '<HTML><BODY>' + htmlToClipboard + '</BODY></HTML>');
+                clipboardEvent.clipboardData.setData('text/plain', textToClipboard);
+            }
+        }
+    },
+
+    cut:{
+        value:function(clipboardEvent){
+            var j=0, htmlToClipboard = "", ninjaClipboardObj = {}, textToClipboard = "", elObj = null;
+            this.copiedObjects = {}; this.pasteCounter = 0;
+            this.copiedObjects["cut"] = [];
+
+            if(clipboardEvent){
+                for(j=0; j < this.application.ninja.selectedElements.length; j++){//copying from stage
+                    elObj = {};
+                    elObj["outerhtml"] = this.application.ninja.selectedElements[j].outerHTML;
+
+                    if(this.application.ninja.selectedElements[j].tagName === "CANVAS"){
+                        elObj["styles"] = this.getDominantStyles(this.application.ninja.selectedElements[j], true);
+                        if(!ninjaClipboardObj.canvas){
+                            ninjaClipboardObj.canvas = true;
+                        }
+                        elObj["worldJson"] = this.application.ninja.selectedElements[j].elementModel.shapeModel ? this.application.ninja.selectedElements[j].elementModel.shapeModel.GLWorld.exportJSON(): null;
+                        elObj["className"] = this.application.ninja.selectedElements[j].className;
+                    }else{
+                        elObj["styles"] = this.getDominantStyles(this.application.ninja.selectedElements[j], false);
+                        htmlToClipboard = htmlToClipboard + this.serializeHTMLElement(this.application.ninja.selectedElements[j]);
+                        if(!ninjaClipboardObj.plainHtml){
+                            ninjaClipboardObj.plainHtml = true;
+                        }
+                        textToClipboard = textToClipboard + this.getText(this.application.ninja.selectedElements[j]) + " ";
+                    }
+                    this.copiedObjects.cut.push(elObj);
+                }
+                //set clipboard data
+                clipboardEvent.clipboardData.setData('ninja', ''+ JSON.stringify(ninjaClipboardObj));
+                clipboardEvent.clipboardData.setData('text/html', '<HTML><BODY>' + htmlToClipboard + '</BODY></HTML>');
+                clipboardEvent.clipboardData.setData('text/plain', textToClipboard);
+
+            }
+
+            this.application.ninja.elementMediator.removeElements(this.application.ninja.selectedElements);
+
+            clipboardEvent.preventDefault();
+        }
+    },
+
+    pasteInternal:{
+        value:function(){
+            if(this.copiedObjects.copy){
+                        try{
+                            this.pasteFromCopy();
+                        }catch(e){
+                            console.log(""+e.stack);
+                        }
+            }
+            else if(this.copiedObjects.cut){
+                try{
+                    this.pasteFromCut();
+                }catch(e){
+                    console.log(""+e.stack);
+                }
+            }
+
+        }
+    },
+
+    pasteFromCopy:{//todo: change to appropriate name
+        value:function(){
+                var i=0, j=0,
+                pastedElements = [],//array of te pastes clones - for selection
+                node = null,
+                styles = null,
+                copiedElement = null;
+
+            this.pasteCounter++;
+
+            //TODO: cleanse HTML
+
+            for(j=0; j< this.copiedObjects.copy.length; j++){
+                copiedElement = this.copiedObjects.copy[j];
+                styles = null;
+
+                if (copiedElement.tagName === "CANVAS"){
+                    //clone copied canvas
+                    var canvas = this.cloneCanvas(copiedElement);
+                    pastedElements.push(canvas);
+                }
+                else {
+                    node = copiedElement.cloneNode(true);
+
+                    if(copiedElement.ownerDocument.defaultView.getComputedStyle(copiedElement).getPropertyValue("position") === "absolute"){
+                        styles = {};
+                        styles.top = this.application.ninja.elementMediator.getProperty(copiedElement, "top", parseInt);
+                        styles.left = this.application.ninja.elementMediator.getProperty(copiedElement, "left", parseInt);
+                        styles.position = "absolute";
+                    }else{
+                        styles = null;
+                    }
+                    this.pastePositioned(node, styles);
+                    pastedElements.push(node);
+                }
+
+            }
+
+            NJevent("elementAdded", pastedElements);
+
+            this.application.ninja.currentDocument.model.needsSave = true;
+        }
+    },
+
+    pasteFromCut:{
+          value:function(){
+              var i=0, j=0,
+                  node = null, canvas = null,
+                  styles=null,
+                  pastedElements = [];//array of te pastes clones - for selection
+
+              this.pasteCounter++;
+
+              for(j=0; j< this.copiedObjects.cut.length; j++){
+                  node = ClipboardUtil.deserializeHtmlString(this.copiedObjects.cut[j].outerhtml)[0];
+
+                  if (node.tagName === "CANVAS"){
+                      //paste canvas
+                      canvas = this.generateNewCanvas(this.copiedObjects.cut[j].outerhtml, this.copiedObjects.cut[j].styles, this.copiedObjects.cut[j].className, this.copiedObjects.cut[j].worldJson);
+                      pastedElements.push(canvas);
+                      node = null;
+                  }
+                  else if((node.nodeType === 3) || (node.tagName === "A")){//TextNode
+
+                      node = null;
+                  }
+                  else {
+                      this.pastePositioned(node, this.copiedObjects.cut[j].styles, false/*fromCopy*/);
+                      pastedElements.push(node);
+                  }
+              }
+
+              NJevent("elementAdded", pastedElements);
+              this.application.ninja.currentDocument.model.needsSave = true;
+          }
+    },
+
+
+    serializeHTMLElement:{
+        value: function(elem){
+            var computedStyles = null, originalStyleAttr = null, computedStylesStr = "", i=0, stylePropertyName="", outerHtml = "";
+
+            originalStyleAttr = elem.getAttribute("style");//preserve the current styles
+            elem.removeAttribute("style");
+
+            //build the computed style attribute
+            computedStyles = elem.ownerDocument.defaultView.getComputedStyle(elem);
+
+            //todo: consider cleaning up the position data [or making position:relative with 0,0] from the computed styles,
+            // so that the object is pasted onto expernal applicaitons [like gmail] with no offset
+
+            for (i = 0; i < computedStyles.length; i++) {
+                stylePropertyName = computedStyles[i];
+                computedStylesStr = computedStylesStr + stylePropertyName + ":" + computedStyles.getPropertyValue(stylePropertyName) + ";";
+            }
+            elem.setAttribute("style", computedStylesStr);
+
+            outerHtml = elem.outerHTML;
+
+            elem.setAttribute("style", originalStyleAttr);//reset style after copying to clipboard
+
+
+            return outerHtml;
+        }
+    },
+
+    cloneCanvas:{
+        value: function(sourceCanvas){
+            var canvas, styles, world, worldData;
+
+            canvas = document.application.njUtils.make("canvas", sourceCanvas.className, this.application.ninja.currentDocument);
+            canvas.width = sourceCanvas.width;
+            canvas.height = sourceCanvas.height;
+            //end - clone copied canvas
+
+            if (!canvas.getAttribute( "data-RDGE-id" )) canvas.setAttribute( "data-RDGE-id", document.application.njUtils.generateRandom() );
+
+            if(sourceCanvas.ownerDocument.defaultView.getComputedStyle(sourceCanvas).getPropertyValue("position") === "absolute"){
+                styles = canvas.elementModel.data || {};
+                styles.top = "" + (this.application.ninja.elementMediator.getProperty(sourceCanvas, "top", parseInt) + (25 * this.pasteCounter))+"px";
+                styles.left = "" + (this.application.ninja.elementMediator.getProperty(sourceCanvas, "left", parseInt) + (25 * this.pasteCounter)) + "px";
+            }else{
+                styles = null;
+            }
+
+            this.application.ninja.elementMediator.addElements(canvas, styles, false);
+
+            worldData = sourceCanvas.elementModel.shapeModel ? sourceCanvas.elementModel.shapeModel.GLWorld.exportJSON(): null;
+            if(worldData)
+            {
+                var jObj;
+                var index = worldData.indexOf( ';' );
+                if ((worldData[0] === 'v') && (index < 24))
+                {
+                    // JSON format.  separate the version info from the JSON info
+                    var jStr = worldData.substr( index+1 );
+                    jObj = JSON.parse( jStr );
+
+                    world = new World(canvas, jObj.webGL);
+                    canvas.elementModel.shapeModel.GLWorld = world;
+                    canvas.elementModel.shapeModel.useWebGl = jObj.webGL;
+                    world.importJSON(jObj);
+                    this.application.ninja.currentDocument.model.webGlHelper.buildShapeModel( canvas.elementModel, world );
+                }
+            }
+
+            return canvas;
+        }
+    },
+
+    generateNewCanvas: {
+        value: function(outerhtml, styles, className, worldJson){
+            var canvas, newCanvasStyles, world, worldData;
+
+            canvas = document.application.njUtils.make("canvas", className, this.application.ninja.currentDocument);
+            canvas.width = styles.width;
+            canvas.height = styles.height;
+
+            if (!canvas.getAttribute( "data-RDGE-id" )) canvas.setAttribute( "data-RDGE-id", document.application.njUtils.generateRandom() );
+
+            this.pastePositioned(canvas, styles, false/*from copy*/);
+
+            worldData = worldJson;
+
+            if(worldData)
+            {
+                var jObj;
+                var index = worldData.indexOf( ';' );
+                if ((worldData[0] === 'v') && (index < 24))
+                {
+                    // JSON format.  separate the version info from the JSON info
+                    var jStr = worldData.substr( index+1 );
+                    jObj = JSON.parse( jStr );
+
+                    world = new World(canvas, jObj.webGL);
+                    canvas.elementModel.shapeModel.GLWorld = world;
+                    canvas.elementModel.shapeModel.useWebGl = jObj.webGL;
+                    world.importJSON(jObj);
+                    this.application.ninja.currentDocument.model.webGlHelper.buildShapeModel( canvas.elementModel, world );
+                }
+            }
+
+            return canvas;
+        }
+    },
+
+    serializeCanvas:{
+        value:function(sourceCanvas){
+
+        }
+    },
+
+    getText:{
+        value: function(element){
+            var nodeList = element.getElementsByTagName("*"), allText = "", i=0;
+
+            for(i=0; i < nodeList.length; i++){
+                if(nodeList[i].nodeType === 3){//text node
+                    allText = allText + nodeList[i].innerText + " ";
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    },
+
+    pastePositioned:{
+        value: function(element, styles, fromCopy){// for now can wok for both in-place and centered paste
+            var modObject = [], x,y, newX, newY, counter;
+
+            if((typeof fromCopy === "undefined") || (fromCopy && fromCopy === true)){
+                counter = this.pasteCounter;
+            }else{
+                counter = this.pasteCounter - 1;
+            }
+
+            x = styles ? ("" + styles.left + "px") : "100px";
+            y = styles ? ("" + styles.top + "px") : "100px";
+            newX = styles ? ("" + (styles.left + (25 * counter)) + "px") : "100px";
+            newY = styles ? ("" + (styles.top + (25 * counter)) + "px") : "100px";
+
+            if(!styles || (styles && !styles.position)){
+                this.application.ninja.elementMediator.addElements(element, null, false);
+            }else if(styles && (styles.position === "absolute")){
+                this.application.ninja.elementMediator.addElements(element, {"top" : newY, "left" : newX}, false);//displace
+            }
+        }
+    },
+
+    getDominantStyles:{
+        value: function(el, isCanvas){
+            var styles = {};
+            styles.top = this.application.ninja.elementMediator.getProperty(el, "top", parseInt);
+            styles.left = this.application.ninja.elementMediator.getProperty(el, "left", parseInt);
+            if(el.ownerDocument.defaultView.getComputedStyle(el).getPropertyValue("position") === "absolute"){
+                styles.position = "absolute";
+            }
+            if(isCanvas){
+                styles.width = (el.getAttribute("width") ? el.getAttribute("width") : null);
+                styles.height = (el.getAttribute("height") ? el.getAttribute("height") : null);
+            }
+            return styles;
+        }
+    }
+
+
+});
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/js/clipboard/internal-ops/timeline-clipboard-agent.js b/js/clipboard/internal-ops/timeline-clipboard-agent.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c086431e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/js/clipboard/internal-ops/timeline-clipboard-agent.js
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+/* <copyright>
+This file contains proprietary software owned by Motorola Mobility, Inc.<br/>
+No rights, expressed or implied, whatsoever to this software are provided by Motorola Mobility, Inc. hereunder.<br/>
+(c) Copyright 2011 Motorola Mobility, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
+</copyright> */
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+//
+
+var Montage = 		        require("montage/core/core").Montage,
+    Component = 	require("montage/ui/component").Component;
+
+var TimelineClipboardAgent = exports.TimelineClipboardAgent = Montage.create(Component, {
+
+    copy:{
+        value: function(clipboardEvent){
+
+        }
+    },
+
+    cut:{
+        value:function(clipboardEvent){
+
+        }
+
+    },
+
+    pasteFromCopy:{
+        value:function(){
+
+        }
+    },
+
+    pasteFromCut:{
+          value:function(){
+
+          }
+    }
+
+});
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/js/clipboard/util.js b/js/clipboard/util.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a0813855
--- /dev/null
+++ b/js/clipboard/util.js
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/* <copyright>
+This file contains proprietary software owned by Motorola Mobility, Inc.<br/>
+No rights, expressed or implied, whatsoever to this software are provided by Motorola Mobility, Inc. hereunder.<br/>
+(c) Copyright 2011 Motorola Mobility, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
+</copyright> */
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+//
+
+var Montage = 		        require("montage/core/core").Montage,
+    Component = 	require("montage/ui/component").Component;
+
+var ClipboardUtil = exports.ClipboardUtil = Montage.create(Component, {
+
+    deserializeHtmlString:{
+        value:function(htmlString){
+            var doc = (this.application.ninja.currentDocument.currentView === "design") ? this.application.ninja.currentDocument.model.views.design.document : document,
+                clipboardHelper=doc.createElement("div"),
+                nodeList = null;
+
+            clipboardHelper.innerHTML = htmlString;
+            nodeList = clipboardHelper.childNodes;
+            clipboardHelper = null; //for garbage collection
+            return nodeList;
+        }
+    }
+
+});
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/js/controllers/clipboard-controller.js b/js/controllers/clipboard-controller.js
index afa9cbdb..259d916e 100644
--- a/js/controllers/clipboard-controller.js
+++ b/js/controllers/clipboard-controller.js
@@ -8,13 +8,10 @@ No rights, expressed or implied, whatsoever to this software are provided by Mot
 //
 var Montage = 		require("montage/core/core").Montage,
     Component = 	require("montage/ui/component").Component,
-    NJUtils     = require("js/lib/NJUtils").NJUtils,
-    World = require("js/lib/drawing/world").World;
+    ElementsClipboardAgent =         require("js/clipboard/internal-ops/elements-clipboard-agent").ElementsClipboardAgent,
+    ExternalAppsClipboardAgent= require("js/clipboard/external-apps-clipboard-agent").ExternalAppsClipboardAgent;
 
 var ClipboardController = exports.ClipboardController = Montage.create(Component, {
-    hasTemplate: {
-        value: false
-    },
 
     deserializedFromTemplate: {
         value: function() {
@@ -30,36 +27,12 @@ var ClipboardController = exports.ClipboardController = Montage.create(Component
         }
     },
 
-    clipboardOperationsAgent:{//appropriate agent instant required for execution of cut/copy/paste
-        value: null
-    },
-
-    //count how many times pasted
-    //used to move multiple pastes of same copy
-    pasteCounter:{
-        value: 0
-    },
-
-    copiedObjects:{
-        value: {}
-    },
-
-    _copyFlag:{
-        value:false
-    },
-
-    copyFlag:{
-        get:function(){return this._copyFlag;},
-        set:function(value){this._copyFlag = value;}
-    },
-
-    _newCopyFlag:{
-        value:true
+    clipboardContext:{
+        value : "stage" /* cleanup: formulate better context representation */
     },
 
-    newCopyFlag:{
-        get:function(){return this._newCopyFlag;},
-        set:function(value){this._newCopyFlag = value;}
+    operationsAgent:{//appropriate agent instant required for execution of cut/copy/paste
+        value: null
     },
 
     handleExecuteCopy:{
@@ -87,7 +60,9 @@ var ClipboardController = exports.ClipboardController = Montage.create(Component
                 return;
             }
 
-            this.copy(clipboardEvent);
+            if(this.clipboardContext === "stage"){
+                ElementsClipboardAgent.copy(clipboardEvent);
+            }
 
             clipboardEvent.preventDefault();
         }
@@ -102,7 +77,9 @@ var ClipboardController = exports.ClipboardController = Montage.create(Component
                 return;
             }
 
-            this.cut(clipboardEvent);
+            if(this.clipboardContext === "stage"){
+                ElementsClipboardAgent.cut(clipboardEvent);
+            }
 
             clipboardEvent.preventDefault();
         }
@@ -111,11 +88,7 @@ var ClipboardController = exports.ClipboardController = Montage.create(Component
     handlePaste:{
         value:function(clipboardEvent){
             var clipboardData = clipboardEvent.clipboardData,
-                ninjaData = clipboardData.getData("ninja"),
-                htmlData = clipboardData.getData("text/html"),
-                textData = clipboardData.getData("text/plain"),
-                i=0,
-                imageMime, imageData, imageElement;
+                ninjaData = clipboardData.getData("ninja");
 
             if(!this.application.ninja.currentDocument
                 || (this.application.ninja.currentDocument && this.application.ninja.currentDocument.currentView === "code")){
@@ -130,577 +103,18 @@ var ClipboardController = exports.ClipboardController = Montage.create(Component
 
             //TODO: return if stage is not focussed
 
-            this.pasteCounter++;
-
-            if(ninjaData){
-                if(this.copiedObjects.copy){
-                    try{
-                        this.pasteFromCopy();
-                    }catch(e){
-                        console.log(""+e.stack);
-                    }
-                }
-                else if(this.copiedObjects.cut){
-                    try{
-                        this.pasteFromCut();
-                    }catch(e){
-                        console.log(""+e.stack);
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-            else{
-
-                //handle image blobs
-                if(clipboardData.items &&  (clipboardData.items.length > 0)){
-                    for(i=0; i < clipboardData.items.length; i++ ){
-                        if((clipboardData.items[i].kind === "file") && (clipboardData.items[i].type.indexOf("image") === 0)){//example type -> "image/png"
-                            imageMime = clipboardData.items[i].type;
-                            imageData = clipboardData.items[i].getAsFile();
-                            try{
-                                imageElement = this.generateImageElement(imageData);
-                            }catch(e){
-                                console.log(""+e.stack);
-                            }
-                            this.application.ninja.selectionController.selectElements(imageElement);
-                            this.application.ninja.currentDocument.model.needsSave = true;
-
-                        }
-                    }
+            if(this.clipboardContext === "stage"){
+                if(ninjaData){
+                    ElementsClipboardAgent.pasteInternal();
                 }
-
-                try{
-                    this.pasteFromExternalSource(htmlData, textData);
-                }catch(e){
-                    console.log(""+e.stack);
+                else{
+                    ExternalAppsClipboardAgent.paste(clipboardEvent);
                 }
             }
 
             clipboardEvent.preventDefault();
         }
-    },
-
-    /*
-    parameters:
-     */
-    copy:{
-        value: function(clipboardEvent){
-            var j=0, htmlToClipboard = "", ninjaClipboardObj = {}, textToClipboard = "";
-            this.copiedObjects = {}; this.pasteCounter = 0;
-            this.copiedObjects["copy"] = [];
-
-            if(clipboardEvent){
-                for(j=0; j < this.application.ninja.selectedElements.length; j++){//copying from stage
-                    this.copiedObjects.copy.push(this.application.ninja.selectedElements[j]);
-
-                    if(this.application.ninja.selectedElements[j].tagName === "CANVAS"){
-                        if(!ninjaClipboardObj.canvas){
-                            ninjaClipboardObj.canvas = true;
-                        }
-                    }else{
-                        htmlToClipboard = htmlToClipboard + this.serializeHTMLElement(this.application.ninja.selectedElements[j]);
-                        if(!ninjaClipboardObj.plainHtml){
-                            ninjaClipboardObj.plainHtml = true;
-                        }
-                        textToClipboard = textToClipboard + this.getText(this.application.ninja.selectedElements[j]) + " ";
-                    }
-
-                }
-                //set clipboard data
-                clipboardEvent.clipboardData.setData('ninja', ''+ JSON.stringify(ninjaClipboardObj));
-                clipboardEvent.clipboardData.setData('text/html', '<HTML><BODY>' + htmlToClipboard + '</BODY></HTML>');
-                clipboardEvent.clipboardData.setData('text/plain', textToClipboard);
-            }
-            else{
-                //TODO: custom copy/paste, ex: css, animation, materials
-            }
-        }
-    },
-
-    pasteFromCopy:{//todo: change to appropriate name
-        value:function(){
-                var i=0, j=0,
-                pastedElements = [],//array of te pastes clones - for selection
-                node = null,
-                styles = null,
-                copiedElement = null;
-
-            //TODO: cleanse HTML
-
-            for(j=0; j< this.copiedObjects.copy.length; j++){
-                copiedElement = this.copiedObjects.copy[j];
-                styles = null;
-
-                if (copiedElement.tagName === "CANVAS"){
-                    //clone copied canvas
-                    var canvas = this.cloneCanvas(copiedElement);
-                    pastedElements.push(canvas);
-                }
-                else {
-                    node = copiedElement.cloneNode(true);
-
-                    if(copiedElement.ownerDocument.defaultView.getComputedStyle(copiedElement).getPropertyValue("position") === "absolute"){
-                        styles = {};
-                        styles.top = this.application.ninja.elementMediator.getProperty(copiedElement, "top", parseInt);
-                        styles.left = this.application.ninja.elementMediator.getProperty(copiedElement, "left", parseInt);
-                        styles.position = "absolute";
-                    }else{
-                        styles = null;
-                    }
-                    this.pastePositioned(node, styles);
-                    pastedElements.push(node);
-                }
-
-            }
-
-            NJevent("elementAdded", pastedElements);
-
-            this.application.ninja.currentDocument.model.needsSave = true;
-        }
-    },
-
-    pasteFromCut:{
-          value:function(){
-              var i=0, j=0,
-                  node = null, canvas = null,
-                  styles=null,
-                  pastedElements = [];//array of te pastes clones - for selection
-
-              for(j=0; j< this.copiedObjects.cut.length; j++){
-                  node = this.deserializeHtmlString(this.copiedObjects.cut[j].outerhtml)[0];
-
-                  if (node.tagName === "CANVAS"){
-                      //paste canvas
-                      canvas = this.generateNewCanvas(this.copiedObjects.cut[j].outerhtml, this.copiedObjects.cut[j].styles, this.copiedObjects.cut[j].className, this.copiedObjects.cut[j].worldJson);
-                      pastedElements.push(canvas);
-                      node = null;
-                  }
-                  else if((node.nodeType === 3) || (node.tagName === "A")){//TextNode
-
-                      node = null;
-                  }
-                  else {
-                      this.pastePositioned(node, this.copiedObjects.cut[j].styles, false/*fromCopy*/);
-                      pastedElements.push(node);
-                  }
-              }
-
-              NJevent("elementAdded", pastedElements);
-              this.application.ninja.currentDocument.model.needsSave = true;
-          }
-    },
-
-    //paste from external applicaitons
-    pasteFromExternalSource:{//todo: change to pasteNinja, pasteHTML, etc
-        value: function(htmlData, textData){
-            var i=0, j=0,
-                pasteDataObject=null,
-                pastedElements = null,
-                node = null, nodeList = null,
-                styles = null,
-                divWrapper = null,
-                spanWrapper = null,
-                metaEl = null,
-                self = this;
-
-            if(htmlData){
-
-                //TODO: cleanse HTML
-
-                htmlData.replace(/[<script]/g," ");
-
-                this.application.ninja.selectedElements.length = 0;
-                NJevent("selectionChange", {"elements": this.application.ninja.selectedElements, "isDocument": true} );
-
-                try{
-                    nodeList = self.deserializeHtmlString(htmlData);//this removes html and body tags
-                }
-                catch(e){
-                    console.log(""+e.stack);
-                }
-
-                for(i=0; i < nodeList.length; i++){
-                    if(nodeList[i].tagName === "META") {
-                        nodeList[i] = null;
-                    }
-                    else if (nodeList[i].tagName === "CANVAS"){
-                        //can't paste external canvas for lack of all metadata
-                        nodeList[i] = null;
-                    }
-                    else if((nodeList[i].nodeType === 3) || (nodeList[i].tagName === "A")){
-                        node = nodeList[i].cloneNode(true);
-
-                        divWrapper = document.application.njUtils.make("div", null, this.application.ninja.currentDocument);
-                        spanWrapper = document.application.njUtils.make("span", null, this.application.ninja.currentDocument);
-                        spanWrapper.appendChild(node);
-                        divWrapper.appendChild(spanWrapper);
-                        styles = {"position":"absolute", "top":"100px", "left":"100px"};
-
-                        this.pastePositioned(divWrapper, styles);
-
-                        nodeList[i] = null;
-
-                    }else if(nodeList[i].tagName === "SPAN"){
-                        node = nodeList[i].cloneNode(true);
-
-                        divWrapper = document.application.njUtils.make("div", null, this.application.ninja.currentDocument);
-                        divWrapper.appendChild(node);
-                        styles =  {"position":"absolute", "top":"100px", "left":"100px"};
-
-                        this.pastePositioned(divWrapper, styles);
-
-                        nodeList[i] = null;
-                    }
-                    else {
-                        node = nodeList[i].cloneNode(true);
-
-                        //get class string while copying .... generate styles from class
-                        styles = {"position":"absolute", "top":"100px", "left":"100px"};
-
-                        this.pastePositioned(node, styles);
-
-                        nodeList[i] = null;
-                    }
-
-                }
-
-                nodeList = null;
-
-                this.application.ninja.currentDocument.model.needsSave = true;
-            }else if(textData){
-                node = self.deserializeHtmlString("<div><span>"+ textData +"</span></div>")[0];
-                styles = {"position":"absolute", "top":"100px", "left":"100px"};
-                this.pastePositioned(node, styles);
-            }
-
-        }
-    },
-
-    cut:{
-        value:function(clipboardEvent){
-            var j=0, htmlToClipboard = "", ninjaClipboardObj = {}, textToClipboard = "", elObj = null;
-            this.copiedObjects = {}; this.pasteCounter = 0;
-            this.copiedObjects["cut"] = [];
-
-            if(clipboardEvent){
-                for(j=0; j < this.application.ninja.selectedElements.length; j++){//copying from stage
-                    elObj = {};
-                    elObj["outerhtml"] = this.application.ninja.selectedElements[j].outerHTML;
-
-                    if(this.application.ninja.selectedElements[j].tagName === "CANVAS"){
-                        elObj["styles"] = this.getDominantStyles(this.application.ninja.selectedElements[j], true);
-                        if(!ninjaClipboardObj.canvas){
-                            ninjaClipboardObj.canvas = true;
-                        }
-                        elObj["worldJson"] = this.application.ninja.selectedElements[j].elementModel.shapeModel ? this.application.ninja.selectedElements[j].elementModel.shapeModel.GLWorld.exportJSON(): null;
-                        elObj["className"] = this.application.ninja.selectedElements[j].className;
-                    }else{
-                        elObj["styles"] = this.getDominantStyles(this.application.ninja.selectedElements[j], false);
-                        htmlToClipboard = htmlToClipboard + this.serializeHTMLElement(this.application.ninja.selectedElements[j]);
-                        if(!ninjaClipboardObj.plainHtml){
-                            ninjaClipboardObj.plainHtml = true;
-                        }
-                        textToClipboard = textToClipboard + this.getText(this.application.ninja.selectedElements[j]) + " ";
-                    }
-                    this.copiedObjects.cut.push(elObj);
-                }
-                //set clipboard data
-                clipboardEvent.clipboardData.setData('ninja', ''+ JSON.stringify(ninjaClipboardObj));
-                clipboardEvent.clipboardData.setData('text/html', '<HTML><BODY>' + htmlToClipboard + '</BODY></HTML>');
-                clipboardEvent.clipboardData.setData('text/plain', textToClipboard);
-
-            }
-            else{
-                //TODO: custom copy/paste, ex: css, animation, materials
-            }
-
-            this.application.ninja.elementMediator.removeElements(this.application.ninja.selectedElements);
-
-            clipboardEvent.preventDefault();
-        }
-    },
-
-    deserializeHtmlString:{
-        value:function(htmlString){
-            var doc = (this.application.ninja.currentDocument.currentView === "design") ? this.application.ninja.currentDocument.model.views.design.document : document,
-                clipboardHelper=doc.createElement("div"),
-                nodeList = null;
-
-            clipboardHelper.innerHTML = htmlString;
-
-            nodeList = clipboardHelper.childNodes;
-
-            clipboardHelper = null; //for garbage collection
-
-            return nodeList;
-        }
-    },
-
-    serializeHTMLElement:{
-        value: function(elem){
-            var computedStyles = null, originalStyleAttr = null, computedStylesStr = "", i=0, stylePropertyName="", outerHtml = "";
-
-            originalStyleAttr = elem.getAttribute("style");//preserve the current styles
-            elem.removeAttribute("style");
-
-            //build the computed style attribute
-            computedStyles = elem.ownerDocument.defaultView.getComputedStyle(elem);
-
-            //todo: consider cleaning up the position data [or making position:relative with 0,0] from the computed styles,
-            // so that the object is pasted onto expernal applicaitons [like gmail] with no offset
-
-            for (i = 0; i < computedStyles.length; i++) {
-                stylePropertyName = computedStyles[i];
-                computedStylesStr = computedStylesStr + stylePropertyName + ":" + computedStyles.getPropertyValue(stylePropertyName) + ";";
-            }
-            elem.setAttribute("style", computedStylesStr);
-
-            outerHtml = elem.outerHTML;
-
-            elem.setAttribute("style", originalStyleAttr);//reset style after copying to clipboard
-
-
-            return outerHtml;
-        }
-    },
-
-    cloneCanvas:{
-        value: function(sourceCanvas){
-            var canvas, styles, world, worldData;
-
-            canvas = document.application.njUtils.make("canvas", sourceCanvas.className, this.application.ninja.currentDocument);
-            canvas.width = sourceCanvas.width;
-            canvas.height = sourceCanvas.height;
-            //end - clone copied canvas
-
-            if (!canvas.getAttribute( "data-RDGE-id" )) canvas.setAttribute( "data-RDGE-id", NJUtils.generateRandom() );
-
-            if(sourceCanvas.ownerDocument.defaultView.getComputedStyle(sourceCanvas).getPropertyValue("position") === "absolute"){
-                styles = canvas.elementModel.data || {};
-                styles.top = "" + (this.application.ninja.elementMediator.getProperty(sourceCanvas, "top", parseInt) + (25 * this.pasteCounter))+"px";
-                styles.left = "" + (this.application.ninja.elementMediator.getProperty(sourceCanvas, "left", parseInt) + (25 * this.pasteCounter)) + "px";
-            }else{
-                styles = null;
-            }
-
-            this.application.ninja.elementMediator.addElements(canvas, styles, false);
-
-            worldData = sourceCanvas.elementModel.shapeModel ? sourceCanvas.elementModel.shapeModel.GLWorld.exportJSON(): null;
-            if(worldData)
-            {
-                var jObj;
-                var index = worldData.indexOf( ';' );
-                if ((worldData[0] === 'v') && (index < 24))
-                {
-                    // JSON format.  separate the version info from the JSON info
-                    var jStr = worldData.substr( index+1 );
-                    jObj = JSON.parse( jStr );
-
-                    world = new World(canvas, jObj.webGL);
-                    canvas.elementModel.shapeModel.GLWorld = world;
-                    canvas.elementModel.shapeModel.useWebGl = jObj.webGL;
-                    world.importJSON(jObj);
-                    this.application.ninja.currentDocument.model.webGlHelper.buildShapeModel( canvas.elementModel, world );
-                }
-            }
-
-            return canvas;
-        }
-    },
-
-    generateNewCanvas: {
-        value: function(outerhtml, styles, className, worldJson){
-            var canvas, newCanvasStyles, world, worldData;
-
-            canvas = document.application.njUtils.make("canvas", className, this.application.ninja.currentDocument);
-            canvas.width = styles.width;
-            canvas.height = styles.height;
-
-            if (!canvas.getAttribute( "data-RDGE-id" )) canvas.setAttribute( "data-RDGE-id", NJUtils.generateRandom() );
-
-            this.pastePositioned(canvas, styles, false/*from copy*/);
-
-            worldData = worldJson;
-
-            if(worldData)
-            {
-                var jObj;
-                var index = worldData.indexOf( ';' );
-                if ((worldData[0] === 'v') && (index < 24))
-                {
-                    // JSON format.  separate the version info from the JSON info
-                    var jStr = worldData.substr( index+1 );
-                    jObj = JSON.parse( jStr );
-
-                    world = new World(canvas, jObj.webGL);
-                    canvas.elementModel.shapeModel.GLWorld = world;
-                    canvas.elementModel.shapeModel.useWebGl = jObj.webGL;
-                    world.importJSON(jObj);
-                    this.application.ninja.currentDocument.model.webGlHelper.buildShapeModel( canvas.elementModel, world );
-                }
-            }
-
-            return canvas;
-        }
-    },
-
-    serializeCanvas:{
-        value:function(sourceCanvas){
-
-        }
-    },
-
-    copyMontageComponents:{
-        value: function(){
-
-        }
-    },
-
-    pasteImage:{
-        value:function(imageData){
-
-        }
-    },
-
-    pasteMontageComponents:{
-        value: function(){
-
-        }
-    },
-
-    getText:{
-        value: function(element){
-            var nodeList = element.getElementsByTagName("*"), allText = "", i=0;
-
-            for(i=0; i < nodeList.length; i++){
-                if(nodeList[i].nodeType === 3){//text node
-                    allText = allText + nodeList[i].innerText + " ";
-                }
-            }
-        }
-    },
-
-
-    pastePositioned:{
-        value: function(element, styles, fromCopy){// for now can wok for both in-place and centered paste
-            var modObject = [], x,y, newX, newY, counter;
-
-            if((typeof fromCopy === "undefined") || (fromCopy && fromCopy === true)){
-                counter = this.pasteCounter;
-            }else{
-                counter = this.pasteCounter - 1;
-            }
-
-            x = styles ? ("" + styles.left + "px") : "100px";
-            y = styles ? ("" + styles.top + "px") : "100px";
-            newX = styles ? ("" + (styles.left + (25 * counter)) + "px") : "100px";
-            newY = styles ? ("" + (styles.top + (25 * counter)) + "px") : "100px";
-
-            if(!styles || (styles && !styles.position)){
-                this.application.ninja.elementMediator.addElements(element, null, false);
-            }else if(styles && (styles.position === "absolute")){
-                this.application.ninja.elementMediator.addElements(element, {"top" : newY, "left" : newX}, false);//displace
-            }
-        }
-    },
-
-    getDominantStyles:{
-        value: function(el, isCanvas){
-            var styles = {};
-            styles.top = this.application.ninja.elementMediator.getProperty(el, "top", parseInt);
-            styles.left = this.application.ninja.elementMediator.getProperty(el, "left", parseInt);
-            if(el.ownerDocument.defaultView.getComputedStyle(el).getPropertyValue("position") === "absolute"){
-                styles.position = "absolute";
-            }
-            if(isCanvas){
-                styles.width = (el.getAttribute("width") ? el.getAttribute("width") : null);
-                styles.height = (el.getAttribute("height") ? el.getAttribute("height") : null);
-            }
-            return styles;
-        }
-    },
-
-    //todo: this will be moved to a seperate api
-    generateImageElement:{
-        value: function(imageBlob){
-            var reader = new FileReader(), file = reader.readAsArrayBuffer(imageBlob), url, uri, dir, save, counter, tempName, element, rules, fileName, fileNameOverride,
-                rootUrl = this.application.ninja.coreIoApi.rootUrl+escape((this.application.ninja.documentController.documentHackReference.root.split(this.application.ninja.coreIoApi.cloudData.root)[1])),
-                rootUri = this.application.ninja.documentController.documentHackReference.root;
-
-            reader.fileName = imageBlob.name, reader.fileType = imageBlob.type, reader.rootUrl = rootUrl, reader.rootUri = rootUri;
-            reader.onload = function (e) {
-
-                if (this.application.ninja.coreIoApi.directoryExists({uri: e.currentTarget.rootUri+'images'}).status === 204) {
-                    uri = e.currentTarget.rootUri+'images';
-                    url = e.currentTarget.rootUrl+'images';
-                } else if (this.application.ninja.coreIoApi.directoryExists({uri: e.currentTarget.rootUri+'img'}).status === 204) {
-                    uri = e.currentTarget.rootUri+'img';
-                    url = e.currentTarget.rootUrl+'img';
-                } else {
-                    dir = this.application.ninja.coreIoApi.createDirectory({uri: e.currentTarget.rootUri+'images'});
-                    if (dir.success && dir.status === 201) {
-                        uri = e.currentTarget.rootUri+'images';
-                        url = e.currentTarget.rootUrl+'images';
-                    } else {
-                        //TODO: HANDLE ERROR ON CREATING FOLDER
-                    }
-                }
-                //
-
-                ////
-
-                //fileName is undefined while pasting image from clipboard
-
-                fileNameOverride = e.currentTarget.fileName ? e.currentTarget.fileName : ("image." + e.currentTarget.fileType.substring((e.currentTarget.fileType.indexOf("/")+1), e.currentTarget.fileType.length));//like image.png
-
-                ////
-
-                if (this.application.ninja.coreIoApi.fileExists({uri: uri+'/'+fileNameOverride}).status === 404) {
-                    save = this.application.ninja.coreIoApi.createFile({uri: uri+'/'+fileNameOverride, contents: e.currentTarget.result, contentType: e.currentTarget.fileType});
-                    fileName = fileNameOverride;
-                } else {
-                    counter = 1;
-                    tempName = fileNameOverride.split('.'+(fileNameOverride.split('.')[fileNameOverride.split('.').length-1]))[0];
-                    tempName += '_'+counter+'.'+(fileNameOverride.split('.')[fileNameOverride.split('.').length-1]);
-                    while (this.application.ninja.coreIoApi.fileExists({uri: uri+'/'+tempName}).status !== 404) {
-                        counter++;
-                        tempName = fileNameOverride.split('.'+(fileNameOverride.split('.')[fileNameOverride.split('.').length-1]))[0];
-                        tempName += '_'+counter+'.'+(fileNameOverride.split('.')[fileNameOverride.split('.').length-1]);
-                    }
-                    save = this.application.ninja.coreIoApi.createFile({uri: uri+'/'+tempName, contents: e.currentTarget.result, contentType: e.currentTarget.fileType});
-                    fileName = tempName;
-                }
-                if (save && save.success && save.status === 201) {
-                    var self = this;
-                    //
-                    if (e.currentTarget.fileType.indexOf('svg') !== -1) {
-                        element = NJUtils.make('embed', null, this.application.ninja.currentDocument);//TODO: Verify this is proper
-                        element.type = 'image/svg+xml';
-                        element.src = url+'/'+fileName;
-                    } else {
-                        element = NJUtils.make('image', null, this.application.ninja.currentDocument);
-                        element.src = url+'/'+fileName;
-                    }
-                    //Adding element once it is loaded
-                    element.onload = function () {
-                        element.onload = null;
-                        self.application.ninja.elementMediator.addElements(element, rules, true);
-                    };
-                    //Setting rules of element
-                    rules = {
-                                'position': 'absolute',
-                                'top' : '100px',
-                                'left' : '100px'
-                    };
-                    //
-                    self.application.ninja.elementMediator.addElements(element, rules, false);
-                } else {
-                    //TODO: HANDLE ERROR ON SAVING FILE TO BE ADDED AS ELEMENT
-                }
-            }.bind(this);
-
-            return element;
-
-        }
     }
 
+
 });
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/js/mediators/drag-drop-mediator.js b/js/mediators/drag-drop-mediator.js
index 14bdb0eb..049424f3 100755
--- a/js/mediators/drag-drop-mediator.js
+++ b/js/mediators/drag-drop-mediator.js
@@ -57,9 +57,7 @@ exports.DragDropMediator = Montage.create(Component, {
     handleDropEvent: {
         value: function(e){
         	//
-        	var i, files = e.dataTransfer.files, position = {x: e.offsetX, y: e.offsetY},
-        		rootUrl = this.application.ninja.coreIoApi.rootUrl+escape((this.application.ninja.documentController.documentHackReference.root.split(this.application.ninja.coreIoApi.cloudData.root)[1])),
-        		rootUri = this.application.ninja.documentController.documentHackReference.root;
+        	var i, files = e.dataTransfer.files, position = {x: e.offsetX, y: e.offsetY}, self = this;
 
             var xferString = e.dataTransfer.getData("text/plain");
             if(xferString) {
@@ -74,70 +72,8 @@ exports.DragDropMediator = Montage.create(Component, {
         	//
         	for (i=0; files[i]; i++) {
         		if (files[i].type.indexOf('image') !== -1) {
-        			var reader = new FileReader(), file = reader.readAsArrayBuffer(files[i]);
-        			reader.fileName = files[i].name, reader.fileType = files[i].type, reader.rootUrl = rootUrl, reader.rootUri = rootUri, reader.filePosition = position;
-        			reader.onload = function (e) {
-        				//
-        				var url, uri, dir, save, counter, tempName, element, rules, fileName;
-        				if (this.application.ninja.coreIoApi.directoryExists({uri: e.currentTarget.rootUri+'images'}).status === 204) {
-        					uri = e.currentTarget.rootUri+'images';
-        					url = e.currentTarget.rootUrl+'images';
-        				} else if (this.application.ninja.coreIoApi.directoryExists({uri: e.currentTarget.rootUri+'img'}).status === 204) {
-        					uri = e.currentTarget.rootUri+'img';
-        					url = e.currentTarget.rootUrl+'img';
-        				} else {
-        					dir = this.application.ninja.coreIoApi.createDirectory({uri: e.currentTarget.rootUri+'images'});
-        					if (dir.success && dir.status === 201) {
-        						uri = e.currentTarget.rootUri+'images';
-        						url = e.currentTarget.rootUrl+'images';
-        					} else {
-        						//TODO: HANDLE ERROR ON CREATING FOLDER
-        					}
-        				}
-        				//
-        				if (this.application.ninja.coreIoApi.fileExists({uri: uri+'/'+e.currentTarget.fileName}).status === 404) {
-        					save = this.application.ninja.coreIoApi.createFile({uri: uri+'/'+e.currentTarget.fileName, contents: e.currentTarget.result, contentType: e.currentTarget.fileType});
-        					fileName = e.currentTarget.fileName;
-        				} else {
-        					counter = 1;
-        					tempName = e.currentTarget.fileName.split('.'+(e.currentTarget.fileName.split('.')[e.currentTarget.fileName.split('.').length-1]))[0];
-        					tempName += '_'+counter+'.'+(e.currentTarget.fileName.split('.')[e.currentTarget.fileName.split('.').length-1]);
-        					while (this.application.ninja.coreIoApi.fileExists({uri: uri+'/'+tempName}).status !== 404) {
-        						counter++;
-        						tempName = e.currentTarget.fileName.split('.'+(e.currentTarget.fileName.split('.')[e.currentTarget.fileName.split('.').length-1]))[0];
-        						tempName += '_'+counter+'.'+(e.currentTarget.fileName.split('.')[e.currentTarget.fileName.split('.').length-1]);
-        					}
-        					save = this.application.ninja.coreIoApi.createFile({uri: uri+'/'+tempName, contents: e.currentTarget.result, contentType: e.currentTarget.fileType});
-        					fileName = tempName;
-        				}
-        				if (save && save.success && save.status === 201) {
-                            var self = this;
-        					//
-        					if (e.currentTarget.fileType.indexOf('svg') !== -1) {
-        						element = NJUtils.make('embed', null, this.application.ninja.currentDocument);//TODO: Verify this is proper
-        						element.type = 'image/svg+xml';
-                    			element.src = url+'/'+fileName;
-        					} else {
-        						element = NJUtils.make('image', null, this.application.ninja.currentDocument);
-                    			element.src = url+'/'+fileName;
-        					}
-        					//Adding element once it is loaded
-