here is a demo:
here is the code:
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<title>Select Copy Text Into Clipboard History with Javascript</title>
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
<!-- Begin
function copyit(theField) {
var selectedText = document.selection;
if (selectedText.type == 'Text') {
var newRange = selectedText.createRange();
theField.focus();
theField.value = newRange.text;
} else {
alert('Alert: Select The text in the textarea then click on this button');
}
}
// End -->
</script>
</head>
<body>
<p><strong>Select Copy Text Into Clipboard History with Javascript by Wallpaperama.com </strong></p>
<p><strong>Steps:</strong></p>
<p><strong>1. Hight the text inside the text area below</strong></p>
<p><strong>2. Click on the form button, this will copy the text into your clipboard (basically the same as hitting control + c on your keyboard)</strong></p>
<form name="javascript">
<input onclick="copyit(this.form.text_select)" type="button" value="Click Here to Copy the Highlighted Text" name="copy_button">
<p>
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</textarea>
</form>
<div align="center">
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</div>
</body>
</html>
Try it on your website, you will like it
here is another way to select the content in a field with javascript: check it out
javascript select all text form button
NOTE: This will work on Internet Explorer. I tried it on Mozilla Firefox but i did not do anything. i was hoping someone can help me with firefox?
