DYNAMIC COPY CONTENT RETRIEVAL

Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and system for a dynamic copy-and-paste operation on a graphical user interface. Initially, a first application having a set of content to copy is identified. An indication to copy a subset of content from the first application to a second application is received. The second application has a predefined category. A communication channel is established between the first and second applications. A portion of content to copy from the first application to the second application is determined. Finally, the copied content is displayed on the second application graphical user interface.