diff --git a/Viewer/features/app.js b/Viewer/features/app.js
index 3769dc2e..3dcc4e74 100755
--- a/Viewer/features/app.js
+++ b/Viewer/features/app.js
@@ -333,6 +333,29 @@ var ElectronHostActions = actions.Actions({
 				splash.destroy()
 			}
 		}],
+
+	// XXX should this support resizing???
+	copy: ['Image|Edit/Copy image',
+		core.doc`Copy image
+
+			Copy current image (original ref)...
+			.copy()
+
+			Copy best matching preview of current image...
+			.copy(size)
+
+		`,
+		function(size){
+			var url = this.images.getBestPreview(this.current, size, true).url
+			electron.clipboard.write({
+				title: this.images.getImageFileName(),
+				text: url,
+				image: electron.nativeImage.createFromPath(url),
+			}) }],
+	paste: ['- Image|Edit/Paste image',
+		function(){
+			// XXX
+		}],
 })
 
 var ElectronHost = 
@@ -400,6 +423,46 @@ var BrowserHostActions = actions.Actions({
 						that.dom[0].style.visibility = '' }, 150)
 				}
 			})],
+
+
+	// XXX these do not work from file://
+	// XXX should this support resizing???
+	copy: ['Image|Edit/Copy image',
+		core.doc`Copy image
+
+			Copy current image (original ref)...
+			.copy()
+
+			Copy best matching preview of current image...
+			.copy(size)
+
+		NOTE: this must be called from within an event handler...
+		NOTE: this will not work with file:// paths...
+		`,
+		function(size){
+			var img = new Image;
+			var c = document.createElement("canvas");
+			var ctx = c.getContext("2d");
+
+			img.onload = function(){
+				c.width = this.naturalWidth
+				c.height = this.naturalHeight
+				ctx.drawImage(this, 0, 0)
+				c.toBlob(function(blob){
+					// copy...
+					// XXX would be nice to add a path/title here...
+					navigator.clipboard.write([
+						new ClipboardItem({
+							[blob.type]: blob,
+						}) ]) }, 
+					"image/png") }
+			img.crossOrigin = ''
+			img.src = this.images.getBestPreview(this.current, size, true).url
+		}],
+	paste: ['- Image|Edit/Paste image',
+		function(){
+			// XXX
+		}],
 })
 
 // NOTE: keep this defined last as a fallback...
@@ -626,8 +689,7 @@ module.WindowedAppControl = core.ImageGridFeatures.Feature({
 					this.size = [w, h]
 
 					cfg.devtools
-						&& this.showDevTools()
-				}
+						&& this.showDevTools() }
 
 				// restore actual window state... 
 				this.restoreWindowGeometry() 
diff --git a/Viewer/features/filesystem.js b/Viewer/features/filesystem.js
index 843d5d4f..7ab1a710 100755
--- a/Viewer/features/filesystem.js
+++ b/Viewer/features/filesystem.js
@@ -3132,6 +3132,9 @@ var FileSystemWriterUIActions = actions.Actions({
 
 	// Export presets...
 	//
+	// XXX would be nice to be able to "export" (copy) single images as well...
+	// 		...and it would be logical to have separate presets for single 
+	// 		images and lists... (???)
 	// XXX UI:
 	// 		- element format:
 	// 			TITLE
diff --git a/Viewer/features/keyboard.js b/Viewer/features/keyboard.js
index 9744c9b9..7a95cde7 100755
--- a/Viewer/features/keyboard.js
+++ b/Viewer/features/keyboard.js
@@ -434,9 +434,13 @@ module.GLOBAL_KEYBOARD = {
 		// do the default copy thing...
 		// NOTE: this stops the default: handler from getting the ctrl:
 		// 		key case...
-		ctrl_C: 'NEXT',
+		//ctrl_C: 'NEXT',
 		ctrl_V: 'NEXT',
 
+		// copy/paste image...
+		ctrl_C: 'copy',
+		//ctrl_V: 'paste',
+
 
 		// sort...
 		//shift_S: 'sortImages: "Date" -- Sort images by date',
diff --git a/Viewer/features/meta.js b/Viewer/features/meta.js
index 1d45a1ac..2a278c3f 100755
--- a/Viewer/features/meta.js
+++ b/Viewer/features/meta.js
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ core.ImageGridFeatures.Feature('imagegrid-ui-minimal', [
 	'keyboard',
 	'ui-cursor',
 	'ui-control',
-	'ui-copy-image',
+	//'ui-copy-image',
 	'ui-drag-n-drop',
 
 	// XXX use one...
diff --git a/Viewer/features/ui-widgets.js b/Viewer/features/ui-widgets.js
index ffeb119a..060a7c61 100755
--- a/Viewer/features/ui-widgets.js
+++ b/Viewer/features/ui-widgets.js
@@ -2199,6 +2199,8 @@ var BrowseActionsActions = actions.Actions({
 			'99:$Edit',
 				'Edit/90:Undo',
 				'Edit/90:Redo',
+				'Edit/85:.*copy.*',
+				'Edit/85:.*paste.*',
 				'Edit/85:.*base.*',
 				'Edit/80:.*sort.*',
 				'Edit/80:.*order.*',
@@ -2212,6 +2214,8 @@ var BrowseActionsActions = actions.Actions({
 				'Navigate/80:.*screen.*',
 				'Navigate/70:.*ribbon.*',
 			'$Image',
+				'Image/98:.*copy.*',
+				'Image/98:.*paste.*',
 				'Image/98:.*editor.*',
 				'Image/98:.*folder.*',
 				'Image/95:.*metadata.*',
diff --git a/Viewer/features/ui.js b/Viewer/features/ui.js
index 2cba0626..c4df7561 100755
--- a/Viewer/features/ui.js
+++ b/Viewer/features/ui.js
@@ -1149,6 +1149,36 @@ module.Cursor = core.ImageGridFeatures.Feature({
 
 
 
+/*********************************************************************/
+// Copy...
+
+// XXX implement internal copy/paste...
+var CopyImiage =
+module.CopyImiage = core.ImageGridFeatures.Feature({
+	title: '',
+	doc: '',
+
+	tag: 'ui-copy-image',
+	depends: [
+		'ui'
+	],
+
+	actions: actions.Actions({
+		// XXX mark copied image(s)...
+		copy: ['- Image|Edit/Copy image',
+			function(size){
+				// XXX
+			}],
+		// XXX if pasted image(s) is the one(s) marked by copy, do a shift action...
+		paste: ['- Image|Edit/Paste image',
+			function(){
+				// XXX
+			}],
+	}),
+})
+
+
+
 /*********************************************************************/
 // Touch/Control...
 //
diff --git a/Viewer/imagegrid/images.js b/Viewer/imagegrid/images.js
index ed00d638..ddf0f502 100755
--- a/Viewer/imagegrid/images.js
+++ b/Viewer/imagegrid/images.js
@@ -554,8 +554,7 @@ module.ImagesPrototype = {
 					: '') 
 				+ url,
 			size: preview_size,
-		}
-	},
+		} },
 
 	// Get image filename...
 	//
@@ -563,14 +562,11 @@ module.ImagesPrototype = {
 	getImageFileName: function(gid, do_unescape){
 		do_unescape = do_unescape == null ? true : do_unescape
 		if(!this[gid] || !this[gid].path){
-			return gid
-		}
+			return gid }
 		if(do_unescape){
 			return unescape(this[gid].path.split('/').pop())
 		} else {
-			return this[gid].path.split('/').pop()
-		}
-	},
+			return this[gid].path.split('/').pop() } },
 	// Get the first sequence of numbers in the file name...
 	//
 	// NOTE: if no filenmae (.path) is set, this will return gid... (???)