Select the value of a TD on click to ease copy
You can select text of td
when it clicked.
$("td").click(function(){
var range = document.createRange();
range.selectNodeContents(this);
var sel = window.getSelection();
sel.removeAllRanges();
sel.addRange(range);
});
table, tr, td {
border: 1px solid black;
}
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<table>
<tr>
<td>Column1</td>
<td>Column2</td>
<td>Column3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Column1</td>
<td>Column2</td>
<td>Column3</td>
</tr>
</table>
Also copying isn't that hard. I use this function, this works in other browsers too, not just IE (origin unknown).
https://jsfiddle.net/5bhkydq1/
html code
<div>
Click me to copy!
</div>
javascript and jquery
$('div').click(function(){
copyTextToClipboard($(this).html());
});
function copyTextToClipboard(text) {
var textArea = document.createElement("textarea");
// Place in top-left corner of screen regardless of scroll position.
textArea.style.position = 'fixed';
textArea.style.top = 0;
textArea.style.left = 0;
// Ensure it has a small width and height. Setting to 1px / 1em
// doesn't work as this gives a negative w/h on some browsers.
textArea.style.width = '2em';
textArea.style.height = '2em';
// We don't need padding, reducing the size if it does flash render.
textArea.style.padding = 0;
// Clean up any borders.
textArea.style.border = 'none';
textArea.style.outline = 'none';
textArea.style.boxShadow = 'none';
// Avoid flash of white box if rendered for any reason.
textArea.style.background = 'transparent';
textArea.value = text;
document.body.appendChild(textArea);
textArea.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');
}
document.body.removeChild(textArea);
}