copy to clipboard in firefox

[hunt00]

Does anyone have any idea how to copy to clipboard in firefox/mozilla?

 

[kaht]

Click the left mouse button and drag the mouse to highlight some text. Next, go to the edit menu and select copy. This method is IE compliant as well.

-kaht

Do the chickens have large talons?

 

[hunt00]

Thanks, Kaht. Sorry i didnt make it clear. I used execCommand to do copy/paste in IE. Wondering any work around in js code for Firefox since that is disabled by FF security reason.

 

[cLFlaVA]

Another method would be, with Firefox in focus, hitting Ctrl + A on your keyboard, then hitting Ctrl + C.

This is cross-browser compliant, and will work even in Netscape 4.

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[kaht]

cLFlaVA's method would work well if you didn't have a mouse installed on your computer

-kaht

Do the chickens have large talons?

 

[KevinAr18]

Thanks, Kaht. Sorry i didnt make it clear. I used execCommand to do copy/paste in IE. Wondering any work around in js code for Firefox since that is disabled by FF security reason.

As noted, this ability is disabled. However, you can instruct your users on how to enable it for your site.

 

[BillyRayPreachersSon]

It's amazing what taking 2 seconds out to search on Google (for "copy clipboard firefox") can throw up:

http://www.krikkit.net/howto_javascript_copy_clipboard.html

and

http://www.experts-exchange.com/Web/Web_Languages/JavaScript/Q_20233392.html

The first one includes a mention of how to bypass the security issue, the second mentions the first, but also a reworked version of the code.

Hope this helps,
Dan





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