Question

I have certain code which copies <div> content to <textarea>, but then it doesnt copy the style (font family) of the <div>. It paste in the normal font. How do i fix this problem?

HTML

<input type="text" id="styledText" placeholder="Place your Name..." size="50" name="styledText" class="changeMe">
<div id="fontselect" class="changeMe" onClick="copyText()" style="font-family: Times New Roman;font-size: 22px; font-weight: bold; cursor:pointer;">Place your Name...</div>

Javascript

function copyText() {
    var output = document.getElementById("fontselect").innerHTML;
    document.getElementById("styledText").value = output;
}

Thanks in advance 🙂

Answer 1

Bearing in mind the font-family will apply to all of the inserted text, so any individually styled words/content will lose their differentiation:

function copyText() {
    var output = document.getElementById("fontselect"),
        textElem = document.getElementById("styledText");
    textElem.value = output.value;
    textElem.style.fontFamily = window.getComputedStyle(output,null).fontFamily || output.style.fontFamily || output.currentStyle.getCurrentProperty('font-family');

}