Thursday, 24 November 2016

How do I copy to the clipboard in JavaScript

HTML

 <input type="text" class="form-control copytext" value="Hello I'm some text">
<button class="copyButton">Copy Textarea</button>


JS

//COPY DATA CLIPBOARD
var copyTextareaBtn = document.querySelector('.copyButton');

copyTextareaBtn.addEventListener('click', function(event) {
  var copyTextarea = document.querySelector('.copytext');
  copyTextarea.select();

  try {
    var successful = document.execCommand('copy');
    var msg = successful ? 'successful' : 'unsuccessful';
    console.log('Copying text command was ' + msg);
  } catch (err) {
    console.log('Oops, unable to copy');
  }
});


How do I copy to the clipboard in JavaScript

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