clip board data as html

[SirCodesALot]

hi all,

I am trying to copy the contents of a div to the clip board the same
way that Microsoft copies it when you select the contents with the
mouse and select copy. However, something is not the same.

here is the code simplified:
var s = document.getElementById("testDiv").innerHTML;
if( window.clipboardData && clipboardData.setData )
{
clipboardData.setData("text", s);
}

If I use this method to copy to clipboard, then to Word, i get:
<TABLE><TBODY><TR><TD>text</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

however, if I select the table with the mouse, select copy, and paste
in to word, the actual table shows up like it did in the web page.

Any way to make the clipboard put the html in the correct format that
word wants?

Thanks,
-Scott

 

[Evertjan.]

SirCodesALot wrote on 30 mei 2008 in comp.lang.javascript:

hi all,

I am trying to copy the contents of a div to the clip board the same
way that Microsoft copies it when you select the contents with the
mouse and select copy. However, something is not the same.

here is the code simplified:
var s = document.getElementById("testDiv").innerHTML;

Try IE only:

var s = document.getElementById("testDiv").innerText

 

[SirCodesALot]

SirCodesALot wrote on 30 mei 2008 in comp.lang.javascript:




Try IE only:

var s = document.getElementById("testDiv").innerText










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Evertjan.
The Netherlands.
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thanks for your reply, that does work, but it drops all the formating
for the tabels. When you selected with content with the mouse and do a
copy, MS must be saving other information about the formating for the
table.

 

[SirCodesALot]

thanks for your reply, that does work, but it drops all the formating
for the tabels. When you selected with content with the mouse and do a
copy, MS must be saving other information about the formating for the
table.- Hide quoted text -

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I found a way to do it in IE:
function copyDivToClipboard(divId) {
var range = document.createRange();
range.selectNode(document.getElementById(divId));
window.getSelection().removeAllRanges();
window.getSelection().addRange(range);

try
{
range.execCommand("Copy");
}
catch (e)
{
alert("Sorry, your browser does not support this feature. Please
right click the highlighted text and select 'copy'.")
}
}

 

[Holger Jeromin]

SirCodesALot schrieb am 30.05.2008 23:11:

thanks for your reply, that does work, but it drops all the formating
for the tabels. When you selected with content with the mouse and do a
copy, MS must be saving other information about the formating for the
table.

The Clipboard in Windows is capable to host multiple information
simultanously.

Text only+HTML coded version

A Texteditor used the textonly, while Word is able to recognise the HTML
design.

Try in Word "edit/paste special..." to see what is in there.