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Created April 6, 2018 12:25
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Copy text to clipboard using Javascript. It works on Safari (iOS) and other browsers.
window.Clipboard = (function(window, document, navigator) {
var textArea,
copy;
function isOS() {
return navigator.userAgent.match(/ipad|iphone/i);
}
function createTextArea(text) {
textArea = document.createElement('textArea');
textArea.value = text;
document.body.appendChild(textArea);
}
function selectText() {
var range,
selection;
if (isOS()) {
range = document.createRange();
range.selectNodeContents(textArea);
selection = window.getSelection();
selection.removeAllRanges();
selection.addRange(range);
textArea.setSelectionRange(0, 999999);
} else {
textArea.select();
}
}
function copyToClipboard() {
document.execCommand('copy');
document.body.removeChild(textArea);
}
copy = function(text) {
createTextArea(text);
selectText();
copyToClipboard();
};
return {
copy: copy
};
})(window, document, navigator);
Clipboard.copy('text to be copied');
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