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Adding a 'copy' button to <pre> content
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.pre-wrapper{ | |
position:relative; | |
} | |
.pre-wrapper pre{ | |
padding-top: 25px; | |
} | |
.pre-wrapper .copy-snippet { | |
border-radius: 0; | |
min-width:55px; | |
background: none repeat scroll 0 0 transparent; | |
border: 1px solid #bbb; | |
color: #26589F; | |
font-family: 'HELEVETICA',sans-serif; | |
font-size: 12px; | |
font-weight: normal; | |
line-height: 1.42rem; | |
margin: 0; | |
padding: 0px 5px; | |
text-align: center; | |
text-decoration: none; | |
text-indent: 0; | |
position:absolute; | |
background:#ccc; | |
top:0; | |
left:0; | |
} | |
.pre-wrapper .copy-snippet:disabled{ | |
color:#555; | |
} |
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jQuery( document).ready(function($){ | |
var copyid = 0; | |
$('pre').each(function(){ | |
copyid++; | |
$(this).attr( 'data-copyid', copyid).wrap( '<div class="pre-wrapper"/>'); | |
$(this).parent().css( 'margin', $(this).css( 'margin') ); | |
$('<button class="copy-snippet">Copy</button>').insertAfter( $(this) ).data( 'copytarget',copyid ); | |
}); | |
$('body').on( 'click', '.copy-snippet', function(ev){ | |
ev.preventDefault(); | |
var $copyButton = $(this); | |
$pre = $(document).find('pre[data-copyid=' + $copyButton.data('copytarget' ) + ']'); | |
if ( $pre.length ) { | |
var textArea = document.createElement("textarea"); | |
// Place in top-left corner of screen regardless of scroll position. | |
textArea.style.position = 'fixed'; | |
textArea.style.top = 0; | |
textArea.style.left = 0; | |
// Ensure it has a small width and height. Setting to 1px / 1em | |
// doesn't work as this gives a negative w/h on some browsers. | |
textArea.style.width = '2em'; | |
textArea.style.height = '2em'; | |
// We don't need padding, reducing the size if it does flash render. | |
textArea.style.padding = 0; | |
// Clean up any borders. | |
textArea.style.border = 'none'; | |
textArea.style.outline = 'none'; | |
textArea.style.boxShadow = 'none'; | |
// Avoid flash of white box if rendered for any reason. | |
textArea.style.background = 'transparent'; | |
//Set value to text to be copied | |
textArea.value = $pre.html(); | |
document.body.appendChild(textArea); | |
textArea.select(); | |
try { | |
document.execCommand('copy'); | |
$copyButton.text( 'Copied').prop('disabled', true);; | |
} catch (err) { | |
$copyButton.text( 'FAILED: Could not copy').prop('disabled', true);; | |
} | |
setTimeout(function(){ | |
$copyButton.text( 'Copy').prop('disabled', false);; | |
}, 3000); | |
} | |
}); | |
}); |
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Works like a magic! Thanks a lot.