Example of copying text into the clipboard
Firefox won't allow copying text into the clipboard via javascript for a variety of reasons.
For better or worse, you can get around this problem with a little .swf (Flash):
function copyIntoClipboard(text) {
var flashId = 'flashId-HKxmj5';
/* Replace this with your clipboard.swf location */
var clipboardSWF = 'http://appengine.bravo9.com/copy-into-clipboard/clipboard.swf';
if(!document.getElementById(flashId)) {
var div = document.createElement('div');
div.id = flashId;
document.body.appendChild(div);
}
document.getElementById(flashId).innerHTML = '';
var content = '<embed src="' +
clipboardSWF +
'" FlashVars="clipboard=' + encodeURIComponent(text) +
'" width="0" height="0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed>';
document.getElementById(flashId).innerHTML = content;
}
The above trick will also work in Safari, IE, and Opera.
Download clipboard.swf
Alternatively, you can use the Google App Engine hosted version at
http://appengine.bravo9.com/copy-into-clipboard/clipboard.swf
(Originally adapted from http://www.jeffothy.com/weblog/clipboard-copy/)
