Copying link text as you click on it?

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I have a website with various links on it. I would like to know if it is possible to code the links in a fashion where once a user clicks on the link, the link text is copied to the user's clipboard while the opening of the link is initiated.

Thanks in advance!

Similar Q : [here](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/400212/how-to-copy-to-the-clipboard-in-javascript) — Vlas Bashynskyi, Jul 04 '14 at 13:51
Bad idea #302,234,554. Funny enough, almost all are Javascript related. — Jared Farrish, Jul 04 '14 at 13:55

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 04 '14 at 13:53

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http://zeroclipboard.org/

You can use Zero Clipboard to do the copying and set the onclick handler of the link.

<a onclick="copyMyText(this)" href="url">Text here</a>

answered Jul 04 '14 at 13:53

Strikeskids

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Thanks, Looking into ZeroClipboard at the moment. Seems like the only decent cross-browser solution out there. And yes, I and looking for both a copying of the link text, while also initiating a href. – mjk39 Jul 04 '14 at 14:16

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 04 '14 at 13:58

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This is possible but only reliable if you use flash which is a big downfall, there are libraries like zero clipboard that are good for this, but other than that its quite a tedious job. This cant be done cross browser with javascript

answered Jul 04 '14 at 13:58

iConnor

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Copying link text as you click on it?

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