1 | # Copy to clipboard [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/sudodoki/copy-to-clipboard.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/sudodoki/copy-to-clipboard)
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3 | Simple module exposing `copy` function that will try to use [execCommand](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Document/execCommand#) with fallback to IE-specific `clipboardData` interface and finally, resort to usual `prompt` with proper text content and message.
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5 | > If you are building using [Electron](http://electronjs.org/), use [their API](https://www.electronjs.org/docs/api/clipboard).
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6 |
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7 | # Example
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8 |
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9 | ```js
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10 | import copy from 'copy-to-clipboard';
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12 | copy('Text');
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13 |
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14 | // Copy with options
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15 | copy('Text', {
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16 | debug: true,
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17 | message: 'Press #{key} to copy',
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18 | });
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19 | ```
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20 |
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21 | # API
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22 |
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23 | `copy(text: string, options: object): boolean` — tries to copy text to clipboard. Returns `true` if no additional keystrokes were required from user (so, `execCommand`, IE's `clipboardData` worked) or `false`.
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24 |
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25 | |Value |Default |Notes|
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26 | |------|--------|-----|
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27 | |options.debug |false| `Boolean`. Optional. Enable output to console. |
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28 | |options.message|Copy to clipboard: `#{key}`, Enter| `String`. Optional. Prompt message. `*` |
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29 | |options.format|"text/html"| `String`. Optional. Set the MIME type of what you want to copy as. Use `text/html` to copy as HTML, `text/plain` to avoid inherited styles showing when pasted into rich text editor. |
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30 | |options.onCopy|null| `function onCopy(clipboardData: object): void`. Optional. Receives the clipboardData element for adding custom behavior such as additional formats |
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32 | `*` all occurrences of `#{key}` are replaced with `⌘+C` for macOS/iOS users, and `Ctrl+C` otherwise.
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34 | # [Browser support](http://caniuse.com/#feat=document-execcommand)
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35 |
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36 | Works everywhere where `prompt`* is available. Works best (i.e. without additional keystrokes) in Chrome, FF, Safari 10+, and, supposedly, IE/Edge.
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37 |
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38 | Note: **does not work on some older iOS devices.**
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39 | `*` – even though **Safari 8** has `prompt`, you cannot specify prefilled content for prompt modal – thus it **doesn't work** as expected.
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40 |
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41 | # Installation
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42 |
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43 | + Can be used as npm package and then leveraged using commonjs bundler/loader:
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44 | ```
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45 | npm i --save copy-to-clipboard
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46 | ```
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47 | + Can be utilized using [wzrd.in](https://wzrd.in/). Add following script to your page:
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48 | ```html
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49 | <script src="https://wzrd.in/standalone/copy-to-clipboard@latest" async></script>
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50 | ```
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51 | You will have `window.copyToClipboard` exposed for you to use.
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52 |
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53 | # UI components based on this package:
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54 | + [react-copy-to-clipboard](https://github.com/nkbt/react-copy-to-clipboard)
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55 | + [copy-button](https://github.com/sudodoki/copy-button)
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56 |
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57 | # See also:
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58 | + [clipboard-copy](https://github.com/feross/clipboard-copy) by [@feross](https://github.com/feross)
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59 | + [MDN](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Document/execCommand#Browser_Compatibility)
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60 | + [April 2015 update on Cut and Copy Commands](http://updates.html5rocks.com/2015/04/cut-and-copy-commands)
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61 |
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62 | # Running Tests
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63 | This project has some automated tests, that will run using [nightwatch](nightwatchjs.org) on top of [selenium](http://www.seleniumhq.org/).
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64 |
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65 | ```
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66 | npm i
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67 | npm test
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68 | ```
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69 | # Typescript
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70 | This library has built-in Typescript definitions.
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71 |
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72 | ```
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73 | import * as copy from 'copy-to-clipboard';
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74 | ```
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