diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/Edit/ManiaHitObjectComposer.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/Edit/ManiaHitObjectComposer.cs
index 324670c4b2..d9570bf8be 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/Edit/ManiaHitObjectComposer.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/Edit/ManiaHitObjectComposer.cs
@@ -119,5 +119,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Edit
                     beatSnapGrid.SelectionTimeRange = null;
             }
         }
+
+        public override string ConvertSelectionToString()
+            => string.Join(',', EditorBeatmap.SelectedHitObjects.Cast<ManiaHitObject>().OrderBy(h => h.StartTime).Select(h => $"{h.StartTime}|{h.Column}"));
     }
 }
diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Edit/OsuHitObjectComposer.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Edit/OsuHitObjectComposer.cs
index 0490e8b8ce..396fd41377 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Edit/OsuHitObjectComposer.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Edit/OsuHitObjectComposer.cs
@@ -82,6 +82,9 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Edit
         protected override ComposeBlueprintContainer CreateBlueprintContainer()
             => new OsuBlueprintContainer(this);
 
+        public override string ConvertSelectionToString()
+            => string.Join(',', selectedHitObjects.Cast<OsuHitObject>().OrderBy(h => h.StartTime).Select(h => (h.IndexInCurrentCombo + 1).ToString()));
+
         private DistanceSnapGrid distanceSnapGrid;
         private Container distanceSnapGridContainer;
 
diff --git a/osu.Game/Rulesets/Edit/HitObjectComposer.cs b/osu.Game/Rulesets/Edit/HitObjectComposer.cs
index e927951d0a..736fc47dee 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Rulesets/Edit/HitObjectComposer.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Rulesets/Edit/HitObjectComposer.cs
@@ -438,6 +438,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Edit
         /// </summary>
         public abstract bool CursorInPlacementArea { get; }
 
+        public virtual string ConvertSelectionToString() => string.Empty;
+
         #region IPositionSnapProvider
 
         public abstract SnapResult SnapScreenSpacePositionToValidTime(Vector2 screenSpacePosition);
diff --git a/osu.Game/Screens/Edit/Compose/ComposeScreen.cs b/osu.Game/Screens/Edit/Compose/ComposeScreen.cs
index 81b1195a40..61056aeced 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Screens/Edit/Compose/ComposeScreen.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Screens/Edit/Compose/ComposeScreen.cs
@@ -2,11 +2,16 @@
 // See the LICENCE file in the repository root for full licence text.
 
 using System.Diagnostics;
+using System.Linq;
 using osu.Framework.Allocation;
 using osu.Framework.Bindables;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics.Containers;
+using osu.Framework.Input;
+using osu.Framework.Input.Bindings;
+using osu.Framework.Platform;
 using osu.Game.Beatmaps;
+using osu.Game.Extensions;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Edit;
 using osu.Game.Screens.Edit.Compose.Components.Timeline;
@@ -14,11 +19,17 @@ using osu.Game.Skinning;
 
 namespace osu.Game.Screens.Edit.Compose
 {
-    public class ComposeScreen : EditorScreenWithTimeline
+    public class ComposeScreen : EditorScreenWithTimeline, IKeyBindingHandler<PlatformAction>
     {
         [Resolved]
         private IBindable<WorkingBeatmap> beatmap { get; set; }
 
+        [Resolved]
+        private GameHost host { get; set; }
+
+        [Resolved]
+        private EditorClock clock { get; set; }
+
         private HitObjectComposer composer;
 
         public ComposeScreen()
@@ -72,5 +83,34 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Edit.Compose
             // this is intentionally done in two stages to ensure things are in a loaded state before exposing the ruleset to skin sources.
             return beatmapSkinProvider.WithChild(rulesetSkinProvider.WithChild(content));
         }
+
+        #region Input Handling
+
+        public bool OnPressed(PlatformAction action)
+        {
+            if (action.ActionType == PlatformActionType.Copy)
+                host.GetClipboard().SetText(formatSelectionAsString());
+
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        public void OnReleased(PlatformAction action)
+        {
+        }
+
+        private string formatSelectionAsString()
+        {
+            if (composer == null)
+                return string.Empty;
+
+            double displayTime = EditorBeatmap.SelectedHitObjects.OrderBy(h => h.StartTime).FirstOrDefault()?.StartTime ?? clock.CurrentTime;
+            string selectionAsString = composer.ConvertSelectionToString();
+
+            return !string.IsNullOrEmpty(selectionAsString)
+                ? $"{displayTime.ToEditorFormattedString()} ({selectionAsString}) - "
+                : $"{displayTime.ToEditorFormattedString()} - ";
+        }
+
+        #endregion
     }
 }
diff --git a/osu.Game/Screens/Edit/Editor.cs b/osu.Game/Screens/Edit/Editor.cs
index 0c24eb6a4d..389eb79797 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Screens/Edit/Editor.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Screens/Edit/Editor.cs
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ using osu.Framework.Input;
 using osu.Framework.Input.Bindings;
 using osu.Framework.Input.Events;
 using osu.Framework.Logging;
-using osu.Framework.Platform;
 using osu.Framework.Screens;
 using osu.Framework.Timing;
 using osu.Game.Beatmaps;
@@ -103,7 +102,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Edit
         private MusicController music { get; set; }
 
         [BackgroundDependencyLoader]
-        private void load(OsuColour colours, GameHost host, OsuConfigManager config)
+        private void load(OsuColour colours, OsuConfigManager config)
         {
             var loadableBeatmap = Beatmap.Value;