jQuery Plugin To Copy Any Text Into Your Clipboard - Copy to Clipboard

A simple and lightweight copy to clipboard jQuery plugin which enables you to copy text from any elements to your clipboard. 

How it works:

The plugin will automatically create hidden input field containing the text to be copied and the execute the 'copy' command when triggered.

See also:

• Copy Entire Textarea To Clipboard Using jQuery - Copyme

How to use it:

1. Download and load the jQuery copy to clipboard plugin after jQuery library and we're ready to go.

<script src="//code.jquery.com/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="jquery.copy-to-clipboard.js"></script>

2. Create a 'copy to clipboard' button and specify the text to be copied using data-clipboard-text attribute.

<button class="btn btn-primary" 
        data-clipboard-text="Text to be copied">
        Copy text speficied in the data-clipboard-text attribute.
</button>

3. Create a 'copy to clipboard' button that allows you copy text from a specified textarea (or any other html element) to the clipboard.

<button class="btn btn-primary" 
        data-clipboard-target=".demo">
        Copy text from textarea.
</button>

<textarea class="demo">
  Text to be copied.
</textarea>

4. Execute the 'Copy to clipboard' function manually.

$('button').click(function(){
  $(this).CopyToClipboard();
});

Changelog:

2020-10-28

• Update jquery.copy-to-clipboard.js

2019-11-02

• Removed clipboard element after copying

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This awesome jQuery plugin is developed by milankyncl. For more Advanced Usages, please check the demo page or visit the official website.