HTML5 alternative to flash-based ZeroClipboard for safe copying of data to clipboard?

Question

With flash on the way out in many environments (iPhone, Android, IE10, etc...), is there any new solution forthcoming in any browsers that will allow a safe copy of informat

Answer 1

There are great answers to this question, and I chose to use this snippet:

function copyToClipboard(element) {
    var $temp = $("");
    $("body").append($temp);
    $temp.val($(element).text()).select();
    document.execCommand("copy");
    $temp.remove();
}

However, if there's bootstrap-select on your page, the $temp.val($(element).text()).select() line will throw an error:

Widget can only work on select elements

You can use .trigger('select') instead, as stated in the jQuery documentation for .select(), like this:

$temp.val($(element).val()).trigger('select');