Copy to clipboard

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How to Copy to Clipboard in JavaScript?
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Hi,

A link has a anchor text, when i click on it, that anchor text should be copied to clipboard, and the link should open in new window. How can this be done in cross-browser way (especially firefox)? Thanks

Answer 1

Look at this link: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/400212/how-to-copy-to-clipboard-in-javascript

Answer 2

You can't really do it with JavaScript but you can do it with flash (which you can trigger with JavaScript). The downside of that: If the user has no Flash plugin, it doesn't work.

Here is a script that does the trick: http://cfruss.blogspot.com/2009/01/copy-to-clipboard-swf-button-cross.html