copy to clipboard with left click

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How to copy to the clipboard in JavaScript?

Suppose I have a webpage with this content:

<h1 id="foo"> Some string </h1>

Now I want to to copy Some string to clipboard. But the conditions are:

My webpage (app) is mouse oriented so I don't want to let the users to touch the keyboard.
Right click is already engaged in another task, so I can't use right.

The only way is to hover over the <h1> with id="foo" and press left mouse button.

I googled it and found a JavaScript way to do this. But soon I knew that that's not cross browser. So, is there is way to copy text on left click of the hovered h1.

@GregHewgill Didn't you see that I have said pure JavaScript are not cross browser and I don't want it? How can this be duplicate. — Santosh Kumar, Sep 23 '12 at 02:02
Did you read the answers to that question? The answers all talk about cross-browser solutions. — Greg Hewgill, Sep 23 '12 at 02:19

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 23 '12 at 01:23

Using an adobe flash call is probably your best bet.

I have used this one with marginal success: http://code.google.com/p/zeroclipboard/

If the java method is not acceptable because it is not cross browser compatible I am not even going to suggest some decrepit (and probably security hole causing) Active X component which would effectively be IE only (with few exceptions).

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 23 '12 at 01:34

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Started the search here and found http://www.steamdev.com/zclip

This plugin is cross-compatible with all browsers and works well: http://plugins.jquery.com/project/clipboard

answered Sep 23 '12 at 01:34

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