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.
Note: Browser support for the asynchronous clipboard APIs is still in the process of being implemented. Be sure to check the compatibility table as well as Clipboard availability in Clipboard for more information.
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
Specification | Status | Comment |
Clipboard API and eventsThe definition of 'writeText()' in that specification. | Working Draft | Initial definition. |
Browser compatibility
The compatibility table on this page is generated from structured data. If you'd like to contribute to the data, please check out https://github.com/mdn/browser-compat-data and send us a pull request.
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Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
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writeText
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Chrome
Full support 66 |
Edge
Full support 79 |
Firefox Full support 63 Full support 63 Notes' 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 |
IE
No support No |
Opera
Full support 53 |
Safari
Full support 13.1 |
WebView Android
Full support 66 |
Chrome Android
Full support 66 |
Firefox Android Full support 63 Full support 63 Notes' 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 |
Opera Android
Full support 47 |
Safari iOS
Full support 13.4 |
Samsung Internet Android
Full support 9.0 |
Legend
- Full support
- Full support
- No support
- No support
- See implementation notes.'
- See implementation notes.
See also
Clipboard.writeText() by Mozilla Contributors is licensed under CC-BY-SA 2.5.