Clipboard service

Copies text to the clipboard.

Class members

Methods

• copyContentToClipboard(content: string, message: string)
  Copies a text string to the clipboard.
  • content: string - Text to copy
  • message: string - Snackbar message to alert when copying happens
• copyToClipboard(target: HTMLInputElement|HTMLTextAreaElement, message?: string)
  Copies text from an HTML element to the clipboard.
  • target: HTMLInputElement|HTMLTextAreaElement - HTML element to be copied
  • message: string - (Optional) Snackbar message to alert when copying happens
• isTargetValid(target: HTMLInputElement|HTMLTextAreaElement): boolean
  Checks if the target element can have its text copied.
  • target: HTMLInputElement|HTMLTextAreaElement - Target HTML element
  • Returns boolean - True if the text can be copied, false otherwise

Details

Use copyContentToClipboard to copy a text string or isTargetValid and copyToClipboard to copy the content of an HTML element in the page. The message parameter specifies a snackbar message to alert the user when the copying operation takes place.

See also

• Clipboard directive