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Created May 30, 2012 13:37
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Copy to the clipboard in JavaScript, securely and without Flash
a{ cursor:pointer; }
a, a:link {
background-color: #eee; /*#407EC9*/
border-radius:5px;
padding:0px 2px 0px 2px;
color: #666;
font-weight: none;
text-decoration: none;
opacity:.7;
}
<!--// www.lsauer.com lo sauer 2011-2012
//description: various unobtrusive text copy-and-paste methods, which do not require an Adobe-flash plugin
//post:
//see it in action: http://metgate.org/chrome-session-restore/
//note 'return false' prevents further 'bubbling' of the event, and thus inadvertent window-scrolling.
-->
<a class="mylink" href="#" onclick="window.prompt('Press CTRL+C, then ENTER',this.innerText); return false;">%HOMEPATH%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\</a>
Copy and paste the path into the file-dialog below, to quickly navigate to a specific file.
<br>
<input type="file">
<!--
Extended to OS-specific behavior with is.lib:
<a href="#" onclick="if(is.Linux) this.innerText='~/.config/google-chrome/Default';
window.prompt('Press CTRL+C, then ENTER',this.innerText); return false;"
>%HOMEPATH%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\</a>
-->
<!--Alternative 1: preselected textbox-->
<b>Alternative #1 (preselected textbox):</b><br />
<a class="mylink" onclick="this.style.display = 'none';
this.nextElementSibling.style.display = 'inline-block';
this.nextElementSibling.innerText = this.innerText;
this.nextElementSibling.select();"
>c:\Windows\System32\restore\MachineGuid.txt</a><textarea style="display:none; min-width:33%;" height="1"></textarea>
<br />
<!--Alternative 2: direct textbox-->
<b>Alternative #2 (direct textbox):</b><br />
<textarea title="Click and press CTRL+C to copy..." onclick="this.style.borderColor = 'orange';
this.select();" style="min-width:33%;" height="1"
>c:\Windows\System32\restore\MachineGuid.txt</textarea>
@quantizor
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this isn't copying programmatically... you should really change the wording of your description

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