user9050632
user9050632

Reputation:

Javascript copy input value

Hello Guys I want to copy input value yeah on button click But nothing work. Please Help!!

<script>
  function copyToClipboard(element) {
    var $temp = $("<input>");
    $("body").append($temp);
    $temp.val($(element).text()).select();
    document.execCommand("copy");
    $temp.remove();
  }
</script>   

<input type="text" class="form-control" name="myvalue"  id="myvalue" value="YEAH" readonly  />

<button class="btn btn-primary btn-block" onclick="copyToClipboard('#myvalue')">Copy myvalue</button>

Upvotes: 2

Views: 24162

Answers (3)

Yanga
Yanga

Reputation: 3012

document.execCommand() is now obsolete, the alternative is Clipboard API, via navigator.clipboard. Per MDN Web Docs (https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Clipboard_API):

function copyToClipboard() {
  var textBox = document.getElementById("myvalue");
  console.log(textBox.value)
  navigator.clipboard.writeText(textBox.value);
}
<input type="text" class="form-control" name="myvalue"  id="myvalue" value="YEAH YEAH" readonly  />
<button class="btn btn-primary btn-block" onclick="copyToClipboard()">Copy myvalue</button>

Upvotes: 1

A.D.
A.D.

Reputation: 2372

Code if you want to copy input text to ClipBoard.

//HTML
<input type="text" class="form-control" name="myvalue"  id="myvalue" value="YEAH" readonly  />
<button class="btn btn-primary btn-block" onclick="copyToClipboard();">Copy myvalue</button>


//SCRIPT For ClipBoard Copy
 <Script>
    function copyToClipboard() {
        var textBox = document.getElementById("myvalue");
        textBox.select();
        document.execCommand("copy");
    }
</Script>



//For local storage variable copy
<Script>
    function copyToStorage() {
        var textBox = document.getElementById("myvalue");
        if(typeof(Storage) !== "undefined") {

            var textBox_value=textBox.value;
            localStorage.setItem("textBox_value", textBox_value);
         } else {
               alert("Sorry your browser does not support this script");
           }
    }
</Script>

   // Also there one to use an element like hidden to store the value for same page life.

Upvotes: 0

Sindhoor
Sindhoor

Reputation: 548

function copyToClipboard() {
    var textBox = document.getElementById("myvalue");
    textBox.select();
    document.execCommand("copy");
}
<input type="text" class="form-control" name="myvalue"  id="myvalue" value="YEAH" readonly  />

     <button class="btn btn-primary btn-block" onclick="copyToClipboard()">Copy myvalue</button>

Upvotes: 11

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