Friday 5th October 2007
by Sajith M.R
In sometimes, in html , if you want to select the text for a textbox or a textarea , you can use the following script
<script type=”text/javascript”>
function select_all(obj)
{ var text_val=eval(obj);
text_val.focus();
text_val.select();
if (!document.all) return; // IE only
r= text_val.createTextRange();
r.execCommand(\\’copy\\’);
} </script>
The html part is:
<input value=”http://www.sajithmr.com” onclick=”select_all(this)” name=”url” type=”text” />The above script will select all the text for input field and copy to clipboard (for IE only)
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Much easier for MSIE
clipboardData.setData(“Text”, document.getElementById( targetCopyElement ).innerHTML);
In which targetCopyElement is ofcourse the element’s id
I like it.
Wow. This is horrible advice.
This code is not only invalid, it can break your site if you’re not careful.
Do not use this.
Shame on you for posting this as a tutorial.
eliminate the heavy script and add this to your input tag:
onfocus=”this.select();”
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thanks for your code,it’s help for me
Add this to a textarea or text input so that when click anywhere on the field, it automatically selects all and copy’s to the clipboard.
onclick=”this.select(); var r= this.createTextRange(); r.execCommand(‘copy’);”
Is there any other code shorter than this – A one line text which will select & copy the clicked area ?
great soluation.
thanks
Well this is just terrible. Just use this simple bit of code in the textbox or textarea.
onFocus=”this.select();”
Or maybe I’m just misinterpreting what your trying to do.
thanks for the post
i’ve been looking for this all over, thanks for the great post.
I have great difficulty understanding why some programming experts waste time by displaying outdated scripts that only function in IE.
The whole purpose of the WWW is to produce platform, and browser independent code that everyone can use.
I can recommend the w3c org where much discussion centres around ONE single standard.
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So, first thing I suggest – open the Explorer, and type in the address you like.
You’ll get there really fast, it depends on your connection speed.
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Re-writting HTML part .. please remove quotes ..
<!– hello all
Copy to Clipboard –>
I have found one more similar scripts and it worked fine for me so i thought posting it here .. so that it may help you all.. but its working only in IE.
Please see if any one get one that works for all (firefox, IE … )
function ClipBoard()
{
//holdtext.innerText = copytext.innerText;
Copied = holdtext.createTextRange();
Copied.execCommand(“RemoveFormat”);
Copied.execCommand(“Copy”);
}
// Html part
hello all
Copy to Clipboard
Thanks
Hii … Thanks for the script … But sorry its not working for me … can any one place an example for this .
Thanks
This is very handy indeed – thank you very much for posting.
@Pidgeon – I just tested it in opera and it worked fine for me (in addition to IE, Safari & Firefox)
Anyway thanks very much for posting this, very useful cheers.
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Can somebody help me to solve the problem or explain why it can be so?
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is there a way to do select all with for example ?
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Nice one, this is really handy – thanks very much indeed. I prefer the this.select(); route myself as it’s so simple..
Does anyone know an equally simple way to copy the contents to clipboard (in any browser)?
Thanks very much indeed.
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Copy to Clipboard
Yes, great job.
Interesting indeed.
thanks! very nice!
how to copy a text in textbox to clipboard in mozilla???
What part of “The html part is:
The above script will select all the text for input field and copy to clipboard (for IE only)” do you not understand? IE = Internet Explorer != Opera.
It doesn’t work, at least not in Opera, the line
r.execCommand(\’copy\’);
gives an inline script compilation error at the escaped quotes. If I unescape the quotes it gives a type mismatch error on the same line.
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Brad,
Here not only just select, also copy the content into your clipboard.
(Similar to right click select all and copy)
Well this is just terrible. Just use this simple bit of code in the textbox or textarea.
onFocus=”this.select();”
Or maybe I’m just misinterpreting what your trying to do.