Copy Clipboard

[Bruce A. Julseth]

I want to copy to a clipboard from my webpage using data that is available
from an hidden variable on <input> statement.

Using window.clipboardData.setData("Text", "This text value"); in a
javascript function works great in IE. I can't get it to work in Firefox or
in Safari.

Any suggestions on how I do this?

Thanks.

 

[David Mark]

I want to copy to a clipboard from my webpage using data that is available
from an hidden variable on <input> statement.

Using window.clipboardData.setData("Text", "This text value"); in a
javascript function works great in IE. I can't get it to work in Firefox or
in Safari.

There is an equivalent in FF, but no method that writes to the
clipboard is guaranteed to work. Typically the user is asked if they
want to cancel it (or it throws an exception.)

 

[Bruce A. Julseth]

I want to copy to a clipboard from my webpage using data that is available
from an hidden variable on <input> statement.

Using window.clipboardData.setData("Text", "This text value"); in a
javascript function works great in IE. I can't get it to work in Firefox
or
in Safari.

There is an equivalent in FF, but no method that writes to the
clipboard is guaranteed to work. Typically the user is asked if they
want to cancel it (or it throws an exception.)

Thanks... I am currently moving the data between pages using an <input>
hidden variable, then retrieving with a POST. It works.

Thanks again.

 

[David Mark]

Thanks... I am currently moving the data between pages using an <input>
hidden variable, then retrieving with a POST. It works.

Yes, when presented with a cross-browser impossibility, change the
design. Sounds like a much better one too!

Thanks again.

No problem.