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Created August 9, 2019 13:21
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const fallback = (text) => {
const isIos = navigator.userAgent.match(/ipad|iphone/i);
const textarea = document.createElement('textarea');
// create textarea
textarea.value = text;
// ios will zoom in on the input if the font-size is < 16px
textarea.style.fontSize = '20px';
document.body.appendChild(textarea);
// select text
if (isIos) {
const range = document.createRange();
range.selectNodeContents(textarea);
const selection = window.getSelection();
selection.removeAllRanges();
selection.addRange(range);
textarea.setSelectionRange(0, 999999);
} else {
textarea.select();
}
// copy selection
document.execCommand('copy');
// cleanup
document.body.removeChild(textarea);
};
export default (text) => {
if (!navigator.clipboard) {
fallback(text);
return;
}
navigator.clipboard.writeText(text);
};
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