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How to copy the content of a span on click in javascript (no jQuery)
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<!DOCTYPE html> | |
<html> | |
<head> | |
<title></title> | |
<style type="text/css"> | |
.copyInput { | |
border: none; | |
overflow: auto; | |
outline: none; | |
-webkit-box-shadow: none; | |
-moz-box-shadow: none; | |
box-shadow: none; | |
width: 0px; | |
height: 0px; | |
position: absolute; | |
opacity: 0; | |
} | |
#thaSpan { | |
cursor: pointer; | |
} | |
</style> | |
</head> | |
<body> | |
<span id="thaSpan">The brown lazy fox</span> | |
<script> | |
bindCopy('thaSpan'); | |
function bindCopy(spanSelector, callback) { | |
let span = document.getElementById(spanSelector); | |
span.addEventListener('click', copySpan, false); | |
function copySpan() { | |
let input = document.createElement('textarea'); | |
input.readOnly = true; | |
input.className += ' copyInput'; | |
document.body.appendChild(input); | |
input.value = span.innerHTML; | |
input.select(); | |
document.execCommand("Copy"); | |
setTimeout(function() { | |
input.selectionEnd = input.selectionStart; | |
input.blur(); | |
input.parentNode.removeChild(input); | |
if (typeof callback === 'function') callback(); | |
}, 1); | |
} | |
} | |
</script> | |
</body> | |
</html> |
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