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Ask HN: Copy texts to clipboard via pure javascript?
It's 2013, is there a way to Copy texts to clipboard via pure javascript ? meaning without flash, targeting iOS devices, thanks.
- t0 14y agoIt would be a huge security issue if this was possible. Imagine every site spamming whatever they wanted into your clipboard.
- mxxx 14y agoThere's a working draft for an html5 clipboard API but as far as I'm aware it's yet to be implemented in any browsers. edit: http://www.w3.org/TR/clipboard-apis/ http://www.w3.org/TR/clipboard-apis/
- mflindell 14y agoNo its not possible, you have to use a flash plugin to do something like this. Check out ZeroClipboard, it works great for my projects
- coodoo 14y agoThanks for all the comments, I'm well aware of ZeroClipboard and various flash-related tricks and the html5 API, but seems none of them are really viable solution when targeting iOS (mobile safari).