This seems to happen when executing code from the devtools console or snippets. Workaround: You can execute the code below and focus on the window within 3 seconds, by clicking somewhere, or just by pressing <tab>. e.g. from snippets Ctrl-Enter <Tab> e.g. from console Enter <Tab> setTimeout(async()=>console.log( await window.navigator.clipboard.readText()), 3000)
ClipboardManager clipboard = (ClipboardManager) getSystemService(CLIPBOARD_SERVICE); clipboard.setText(“Text to copy”); clipboard.getText();
Since this answer has gotten some attention, I have completely rewritten the messy original to be easier to grasp. If you want to look at the pre-revisioned version, you can find it here. The boiled down question: Can I use JavaScript to copy the formatted output of some HTML code to the users clipboard? Answer: … Read more
Pandas is written by people that really know what people want to do. Since version 0.13 there’s a function pd.read_clipboard which is absurdly effective at making this “just work”. Copy and paste the part of the code in the question that starts bar foo, (i.e. the DataFrame) and do this in a Python interpreter: In … Read more
execCommand(‘copy’) There is a very new option. It is cross-browser but it will take time until everyone has updated their browser. It works by using the document.execCommand(‘copy’); function. With this function you’ll copy the select text. This will not only work with textareas but with every selected text on the webpage (like in span, p, … Read more
With modern browsers, if you want copy rich text only, there is a very easy solution without using any packages. See http://jsfiddle.net/jdhenckel/km7prgv4/3 Here is the source code from the fiddle <button onclick=”copyToClip(document.getElementById(‘foo’).innerHTML)”> Copy the stuff </button> <div id=foo style=”display:none”> This is some data that is not visible. You can write some JS to generate this … Read more
All credit goes to joelpt, but in case anyone else needs this to work in pure javascript without jQuery (I did), here’s an adaptation of his solution: function copyTextToClipboard(text) { //Create a textbox field where we can insert text to. var copyFrom = document.createElement(“textarea”); //Set the text content to be the text you wished to … Read more
Here’s my solution that doesn’t use jQuery: function setClipboard(value) { var tempInput = document.createElement(“input”); tempInput.style = “position: absolute; left: -1000px; top: -1000px”; tempInput.value = value; document.body.appendChild(tempInput); tempInput.select(); document.execCommand(“copy”); document.body.removeChild(tempInput); } <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>Set Clipboard</title> </head> <body> <button onclick=”setClipboard(‘foo loves bar’)”>Set Clipboard</button> </body> </html>
Applications call GlobalAlloc(GMEM_MOVEABLE or GMEM_DDESHARE) to allocate the memory for data to be stored on the clipboard and make it available to other applications. For 32-bit applications GlobalAlloc can allocate blocks up to 2 GB in size or up to the amount of virtual memory the PC has, whichever is less. The Windows clipboard does … Read more
This is caused by a bug/feature in Terminal Services clipboard (and possible other things) and the .NET implementation of the clipboard. A delay in opening the clipboard causes the error, which usually passes within a few milliseconds. The solution is to try multiple times within a loop and sleep in between. for (int i = … Read more