Preserved Topic: Copy Content to the clipboard

Pugzly and myself have created a meta-tag creation tool for the gurus network. It is a pretty nifty tool that allows for a large amount of customization.

The script is written in perl, and then the information is diplayed into a text box.

We are wondering if there would be a way to add a button to the output page that, when clicked would copy the content of the Text Area to the clipboard. This would just be a simple copy command on the conent of the text area, but I am not sure if this can be done because of constraints that are placed on Javascript due to security reasons.

If it can not be done in javascript, then any hints or tips on how to do it in a different language, as in PERL or even Java would be nice.


www.warmage.org

No, not in JavaScript. However, you *could* pre-select the entire box, maybe. I'm not sure, I can look into it if you like...?

That would be awsome!

Thanks slime <img border=0 align=absmiddle src="http://www.ozones.com/forum/smile.gif">


www.warmage.org

OK, I think this should work, stick it in the body onLoad="" tag or wherever you want it to be.

document.myform.mytextbox.select();

Hopefully, that will work... yeah, my JavaScript book says it should.

Awsome, slime u da person.

p.s. do you have to have the textbox named "mytextbox"

Nope, just name it whatever you want, as long as the HTML code has name="nameoftextbox" in it.

And I think you meant, "You da slime." =D

Well, I'd still like to explore the COPY TO CLIPBOARD idea a little further, if possible.

Pat Richard
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http://www.gurusnetwork.com
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I'm pretty sure it's not possible, pugzly. At least not in JavaScript. Unless there's some unstandardized function that does it, which would probably not be universally supported. You can always look into it if you're determined, of course!

Rats!

Nah - I just thought it would be a cool little bonus to our tute.

Thanks for all the info...

Pat Richard
Web weenie
http://www.gurusnetwork.com
ICQ 23113317