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Teifion
Teifion

Reputation: 111109

Copy to clipboard in JavaScript

Is there a way at all of altering the clipboard of the user via JavaScript?

I want it that they click a given point on a map, and it adds the coordinates of the position to their clipboard.

I do however assume that this is not possible for JavaScript to achieve.

Upvotes: 4

Views: 2589

Answers (3)

Martijn Laarman
Martijn Laarman

Reputation: 13536

It is in Internet Explorer, but not in other browsers although support can be hacked together in other browsers by inserting a Flash file each time you want to do a copy. Not very useful I would say, as it imposes usability drawbacks as well.

Upvotes: 2

rejj
rejj

Reputation: 152

You could try using the zeroclipboard library, which involves placing an invisible flash element on the page to do the actual copy of text to the clipboard.

Upvotes: 10

Martin Thurau
Martin Thurau

Reputation: 7654

If I remember correctly it is possible in the Internet Explorer (maybe the site must be in the "trusted" zone) but not in Firefox or Opera.

Upvotes: 1

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