click a button to select text, copy action code example

Example 1: copy text to clipboard jquery

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

Example 2: javascript copy to clipboard

function copyToClipboard(text) {
  var input = document.body.appendChild(document.createElement("input"));
  input.value = text;
  input.focus();
  input.select();
  document.execCommand('copy');
  input.parentNode.removeChild(input);
}

Example 3: copy text on button click in jquery

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<p id="p1">P1: I am paragraph 1</p>
<p id="p2">P2: I am a second paragraph</p>
<button onclick="copyToClipboard('#p1')">Copy P1</button>
<button onclick="copyToClipboard('#p2')">Copy P2</button>
<br/><br/><input type="text" placeholder="Paste here for test" />