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Asked: 2026-06-14T19:09:17+00:00

I’d like to have a ‘COPY’ button that uses Javascript to copy the contents

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I’d like to have a ‘COPY’ button that uses Javascript to copy the contents of a TEXTAREA onto the clipboard, but the only solution I’ve managed to find is one that uses Flash, which I don’t want to do (JQuery Clipboard).

The user will be copying some code from inside the textarea on my website to a HTML editor (via the clipboard) so I also can’t use any elegant hidden DIVs, as they won’t be accessible to the editor.

Does anyone know if it’s possible?

[EDIT: I’ve looked at this solution and it uses Flash which I don’t want].

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  1. Editorial Team

    For security reasons, it’s not possible to access user’s clipboard directly. The Flash solution is a workaround.

    Another possibility can be seen here.
    It basically prompts the user to copy the text manually.

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