Ask HN: Copy texts to clipboard via pure javascript?

4 pointsby coodoovor 13 Jahren4 comments

It's 2013, is there a way to Copy texts to clipboard via pure javascript ? meaning without flash, targeting iOS devices, thanks.

4 comments

mxxxvor 13 Jahren

There'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/

coodoovor 13 Jahren

Thanks 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).

mflindellvor 13 Jahren

No its not possible, you have to use a flash plugin to do something like this. Check out ZeroClipboard, it works great for my projects

t0vor 13 Jahren

It would be a huge security issue if this was possible. Imagine every site spamming whatever they wanted into your clipboard.