How to copy text to the client's clipboard using jQuery? [duplicate]

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The workflow is simple:

You click inside a textarea.
The text is copied to the client's clipboard.
Display notice to the user.

How do you do it?

From what I understand, you can not access the clipboard without user action. The javascript clipboard functionality has been disabled in most current browsers as it is a possible security risk. You can use some of the dynamic flash overlay type stuff like zeroclipboard but can be kinda complicated and not always stable. I developed a flash element that you might want to look at text2clipboard.com, sorry about the plug but it works and I included helpful relevant info. — RandyMorris
– RandyMorris, Commented Jul 30, 2011 at 6:30

Hasturkun · Accepted Answer · 2013-06-27 10:05:15Z

Copying to the clipboard is a tricky task to do in Javascript in terms of browser compatibility. The best way to do it is using a small flash. It will work on every browser. You can check it in this article.

Here's how to do it for Internet Explorer:

function copy (str) { //for IE ONLY! window.clipboardData.setData('Text',str); }

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