Copy more than one div to clipboard and adding characters

Question

I am using the following script to copy a div to clipboard. But I am trying to copy multiple divs (DivA + DivB) with the same button, while adding some quotes and brackets around each div. I saw some answers (like this one, and this), but I can't seem to be able to implement them to the current script.

So the output should be like:

"A certain quote" (Author Name).

This is the current script to copy one div.

function copyToClipboard(element) {
  var $temp = $("<input>");
  $("body").append($temp);
  $temp.val($(element).text()).select();
  document.execCommand("copy");
  $temp.remove();
}

<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div id="divA">
<p>A certain quote</p>
</div>

<div id="divB">
<p>Author Name</p>
</div>

<button onclick="copyToClipboard('#divA')">Copy</button>

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 13 '21 at 15:01

The issue is because you're only reading the text from '#divA', as that's the selector passed to the copyToClipboard() function.

To do what you require amend the logic to create a string in the format you require containing the text of both #divA and #divB:

let $divA = $('#divA');
let $divB = $('#divB');

$('button').on('click', e => {
  copyToClipboard(`"${$divA.text().trim()}" (${$divB.text().trim()}).`);
});

function copyToClipboard(text) {
  var $temp = $("<input>");
  $("body").append($temp);
  $temp.val(text).select();
  document.execCommand("copy");
  $temp.remove();
}

textarea {
  width: 300px;
  height: 30px;
}

<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div id="divA">
  <p>A certain quote</p>
</div>
<div id="divB">
  <p>Author Name</p>
</div>
<button type="button">Copy</button><br /><br />

Paste here to test:<br />
<textarea></textarea>

Why when I test it here it doesn't work? https://jsfiddle.net/kv3dw8mz/ — Mike, Dec 13 '21 at 15:21
It doesn't work in that fiddle because you've removed the last `}` so there's a syntax error — Rory McCrossan, Dec 13 '21 at 15:40

Copy more than one div to clipboard and adding characters

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