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Clipboard.writeText()

The Clipboard interface's writeText() property writes the specified text string to the system clipboard. Text may be read back using either read() or readText().

The "clipboard-write" permission of the Permissions API, is granted automatically to pages when they are in the active tab.

Syntax

writeText(newClipText)

Parameters

newClipText

The string 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.

Examples

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

Browser compatibility

Desktop Mobile
Chrome Edge Firefox Internet Explorer Opera Safari WebView Android Chrome Android Firefox for Android Opera Android Safari on IOS Samsung Internet
writeText
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79
63
Writing to the clipboard is available without permission in secure contexts and browser extensions, but only from user-initiated event callbacks. Browser extensions with the "clipboardWrite" permission can write to the clipboard at any time.
No
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13.1
Must be called within user gesture event handlers such as pointerdown or pointerup.
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66
63
Writing to the clipboard is available without permission in secure contexts and browser extensions, but only from user-initiated event callbacks. Browser extensions with the "clipboardWrite" permission can write to the clipboard at any time.
47
13.4
Must be called within user gesture event handlers such as pointerdown or pointerup.
9.0

See also

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Clipboard/writeText