Web/API/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.

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

Update compatibility data on GitHub

	Desktop						Mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari	Android webview	Chrome for Android	Firefox for Android	Opera for Android	Safari on iOS	Samsung Internet
`writeText`	Chrome Full support 66	Edge Full support 79	Firefox Full support 63 Notes' Full support 63 Notes' 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 `"clipboardWrite"` permission can write to the clipboard at any time.	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 Notes' Full support 63 Notes' 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 `"clipboardWrite"` permission can write to the clipboard at any time.	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.