how to copy on click javascript code example
Example 1: how to enable click copy function using js
var copyTextareaBtn = document.querySelector('.js-textareacopybtn');
copyTextareaBtn.addEventListener('click', function(event) {
var copyTextarea = document.querySelector('.js-copytextarea');
copyTextarea.focus();
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');
}
});
<p>
<button class="js-textareacopybtn" style="vertical-align:top;">Copy Textarea</button>
<textarea class="js-copytextarea">Hello I'm some text</textarea>
</p>
Example 2: js copy paragraph onclick
var copy = document.querySelectorAll(".copy");
for (const copied of copy) {
copied.onclick = function() {
document.execCommand("copy");
};
copied.addEventListener("copy", function(event) {
event.preventDefault();
if (event.clipboardData) {
event.clipboardData.setData("text/plain", copied.textContent);
console.log(event.clipboardData.getData("text"))
};
});
};