Creating ‘Copy to Clipboard’ feature on a web page with JavaScript



Following is the code for creating ‘copy to clipboard’ feature on a web page with JavaScript −

Example

 Live Demo

<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en"> <head> <meta charset="UTF-8" /> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" /> <title>Document</title> <style>    body {       font-family: "Segoe UI", Tahoma, Geneva, Verdana, sans-serif;    }    .result {       font-size: 18px;       font-weight: 500;       color: rebeccapurple;    }    input,    button {       padding: 8px;    } </style> </head> <body> <h1>Creating Copy to Clipboard</h1> <input class="textCopy" type="text" /> <button class="Btn">Copy Text</button><br /><br /> <input type="text" placeholder="paste here" /> <h3>Click on the above button to copy text from the textbox</h3> <script>    let resEle = document.querySelector(".result");    let BtnEle = document.querySelector(".Btn");    let textCopyEle = document.querySelector(".textCopy");    BtnEle.addEventListener("click", () => {       textCopyEle.select();       document.execCommand("copy");    }); </script> </body> </html>

Output

On typing something in the first textbox and clicking on the “Copy Text” button −

Pasting the text by left clicking and selecting paste in “paste here” textbox −


Updated on: 2020-07-17T08:42:09+05:30

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