April 12, 2019

How to Copy and Paste Text in Javascript

By Krishnaa JavaScript Questions 0 Comments

This is a small tutorial about copying and pasting text in javascript. We are going to use clipboard api to accomplish the job.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
    <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="ie=edge">
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css">
    <title>Document</title>
</head>
<body>
    
    <div class="container">
        <div>
            <textarea id="copyArea" cols="30" rows="10"></textarea><br>
            <button id="copy">Copy</button>
        </div>

        <div>
            <textarea id="pasteArea" cols="30" rows="10"></textarea><br>
            <button id="paste">Paste</button>
        </div>

    </div>

    <script src="script.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

.container {
  display: flex;
}

document.getElementById('copy').addEventListener('click', ()=>{
    /* document.getElementById('copyArea').select();
    document.execCommand('copy'); */
    let copyArea = document.getElementById('copyArea');
    navigator.clipboard.writeText(copyArea.value);

});

document.getElementById('paste').addEventListener('click', ()=>{
    let pasteArea = document.getElementById('pasteArea');
    pasteArea.value = '';

    navigator.clipboard.readText()
    .then((text)=>{
        pasteArea.value = text;
    });
});

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