Clipboard.writeText

The Clipboard interface's writeText() property writes the specified text string to the system clipboard.

Syntax

var promise = navigator.clipboard.writeText(newClipText)

Parameters

newClipText

The DOMString to be written to the clipboard.

Return value

A Promise which is resolved once the clipboard's contents have been updated. The promise is rejected if the caller does not have permission to write to the clipboard.

Example

This example sets the clipboard's contents to the string "<empty clipboard>".

navigator.clipboard.writeText("<empty clipboard>").then(function() {
  /* clipboard successfully set */
}, function() {
  /* clipboard write failed */
});

Specifications

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