Copy to clipboard in Javascript using document.execCommand('copy')

copy-to-clipboard.js

/**
 * @param {string} value The text to copy to the clipboard
 * This method is designed to circumvent the inability to copy test from an inactive textarea,
 * Hopefully it gets the keyboard to drop off on mobile too
 */
copyToClipboard = () => {
    const tmpTextArea = document.createElement('textarea');
    const newContent = document.createTextNode(this.props.getText());
    tmpTextArea.appendChild(newContent);
    tmpTextArea.style.width = 0;
    tmpTextArea.style.height = 0;
    tmpTextArea.style.border = 0;
    document.body.appendChild(tmpTextArea);
    tmpTextArea.select();
    document.execCommand('copy');
    document.body.removeChild(tmpTextArea);
}