Click button copy to clipboard using jQuery

Question

How do I copy the text inside a div to the clipboard? I have a div and need to add a link which will add the text to the clipboard. Is there a solution for this?

Answer 1

It's very important that the input field does not have display: none. The browser will not select the text and therefore will not be copied. Use opacity: 0 with a width of 0px to fix the problem.

Answer 2

Most of the proposed answers create an extra temporary hidden input element(s). Because most browsers nowadays support div content edit, I propose a solution that does not create hidden element(s), preserve text formatting and use pure JavaScript or jQuery library.

Here is a minimalist skeleton implementation using the fewest lines of codes I could think of:

//Pure javascript implementation:
document.getElementById("copyUsingPureJS").addEventListener("click", function() {
  copyUsingPureJS(document.getElementById("copyTarget"));
  alert("Text Copied to Clipboard Using Pure Javascript");
});

function copyUsingPureJS(element_id) {
  element_id.setAttribute("contentEditable", true);
  element_id.setAttribute("onfocus", "document.execCommand('selectAll',false,null)");
  element_id.focus();
  document.execCommand("copy");
  element_id.removeAttribute("contentEditable");
  
}

//Jquery:
$(document).ready(function() {
  $("#copyUsingJquery").click(function() {
    copyUsingJquery("#copyTarget");
  });
 

  function copyUsingJquery(element_id) {
    $(element_id).attr("contenteditable", true)
      .select()
      .on("focus", function() {
        document.execCommand('selectAll', false, null)
      })
      .focus()
    document.execCommand("Copy");
    $(element_id).removeAttr("contenteditable");
     alert("Text Copied to Clipboard Using jQuery");
  }
});

#copyTarget {
  width: 400px;
  height: 400px;
  border: 1px groove gray;
  color: navy;
  text-align: center;
  box-shadow: 0 4px 8px 0 gray;
}

#copyTarget h1 {
  color: blue;
}

#copyTarget h2 {
  color: red;
}

#copyTarget h3 {
  color: green;
}

#copyTarget h4 {
  color: cyan;
}

#copyTarget h5 {
  color: brown;
}

#copyTarget h6 {
  color: teal;
}

#pasteTarget {
  width: 400px;
  height: 400px;
  border: 1px inset skyblue;
}

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div id="copyTarget">
  <h1>Heading 1</h1>
  <h2>Heading 2</h2>
  <h3>Heading 3</h3>
  <h4>Heading 4</h4>
  <h5>Heading 5</h5>
  <h6>Heading 6</h6>
  <strong>Preserve <em>formatting</em></strong>
  <br/>
</div>

<button id="copyUsingPureJS">Copy Using Pure JavaScript</button>
<button id="copyUsingJquery">Copy Using jQuery</button>
<br><br> Paste Here to See Result
<div id="pasteTarget" contenteditable="true"></div>

Answer 3

Clipboard-polyfill library is a polyfill for the modern Promise-based asynchronous clipboard API.

install in CLI:

npm install clipboard-polyfill 

import as clipboard in JS file

window.clipboard = require('clipboard-polyfill');

example

I'm using it in a bundle with require("babel-polyfill"); and tested it on chrome 67. All good for production.

Answer 4

<div class="form-group">
    <label class="font-normal MyText">MyText to copy</label>&nbsp;
    <button type="button" class="btn btn-default btn-xs btnCopy" data="MyText">Copy</button>
</div>


$(".btnCopy").click(function () {
        var element = $(this).attr("data");
        copyToClipboard($('.' + element));
  });

function copyToClipboard(element) {
    var $temp = $("<input>");
    $("body").append($temp);
    $temp.val($(element).text()).select();
    document.execCommand("copy");
    $temp.remove();
}

Answer 5

html code here

    <input id="result" style="width:300px"/>some example text
    <button onclick="copyToClipboard('result')">Copy P1</button>
    <input type="text" style="width:400px" placeholder="Paste here for test" />

JS CODE:

     function copyToClipboard(elementId) {

                      // Create a "hidden" input
                      var aux = document.createElement("input");

                      aux.setAttribute("value", document.getElementById(elementId).value);
                      // Append it to the body
                      document.body.appendChild(aux);
                      // Highlight its content
                      aux.select();
                      // Copy the highlighted text
                      document.execCommand("copy");
                      // Remove it from the body
                      document.body.removeChild(aux);
                    }

Answer 6

Pure JS, without inline onclick, for paired classes "content - copy button". Would be more comfortable, if you have many elements)

(function(){

/* Creating textarea only once, but not each time */
let area = document.createElement('textarea');
document.body.appendChild( area );
area.style.display = "none";

let content = document.querySelectorAll('.js-content');
let copy    = document.querySelectorAll('.js-copy');

for( let i = 0; i < copy.length; i++ ){
  copy[i].addEventListener('click', function(){
    area.style.display = "block";
    /* because the classes are paired, we can use the [i] index from the clicked button,
    to get the required text block */
    area.value = content[i].innerText;
    area.select();
    document.execCommand('copy');   
    area.style.display = "none";

    /* decorative part */
    this.innerHTML = 'Cop<span style="color: red;">ied</span>';
    /* arrow function doesn't modify 'this', here it's still the clicked button */
    setTimeout( () => this.innerHTML = "Copy", 2000 );
  });
}

})();

hr { margin: 15px 0; border: none; }

<span class="js-content">1111</span>
<button class="js-copy">Copy</button>
<hr>
<span class="js-content">2222</span>
<button class="js-copy">Copy</button>
<hr>
<span class="js-content">3333</span>
<button class="js-copy">Copy</button>

Older browser support:

(function(){

var area = document.createElement('textarea');
document.body.appendChild( area );
area.style.display = "none";

var content = document.querySelectorAll('.js-content');
var copy    = document.querySelectorAll('.js-copy');

for( var i = 0; i < copy.length; i++ ){
  copyOnClick(i);
}

function copyOnClick(i){
  copy[i].addEventListener('click', function(){
    area.style.display = "block";
    area.value = content[i].innerText;
    area.select();
    document.execCommand('copy');   
    area.style.display = "none";
    
    var t = this;
    t.innerHTML = 'Cop<span style="color: red;">ied</span>';
    setTimeout( function(){
      t.innerHTML = "Copy"
    }, 2000 );
  });
}

})();

hr { margin: 15px 0; border: none; }

<span class="js-content">1111</span>
<button class="js-copy">Copy</button>
<hr>
<span class="js-content">2222</span>
<button class="js-copy">Copy</button>
<hr>
<span class="js-content">3333</span>
<button class="js-copy">Copy</button>