javascript cut/copy/paste to clipboard: how did Google solve it?

Question

Yes, this question has been asked again and again: how to copy and paste from and to the system clipboard with javascript? I have found only partial solutions and hacks so f

Answer 1

The google uses a very simple but cool method. By using firebug you will get to know that the html code which is loaded has a text area in begining of size 1. What google doc does is that when user selects text and presses ctrl+c, it captures the event and by some technique gets the text which is selected in the doc container and sets the value of text area to that content. Than it focuses and selects the text area. Now it releases the ctrl+c event. But now the text is selected in text area so when the event is realeased the browser copies the text in text area and thus we get the copied text