javascript click and copy

[Drupan c]

is there any way to add event to the mozilla firefox where the selected text is copied into clipboard with jus a click.. its like u click on the text and the text is selcted , the selected text has to be copied to the clipboard with a just a click rather than using ctr+c ????

[Plater]

Well javascript can do that. I will move your question there.
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[acoder]

This won't be possible unless you have privileges and the user allows them too.

Is this for the Web?

[Plater]

This won't be possible unless you have privileges and the user allows them too.

Is this for the Web?

You need special privledges for javascript to access your clipboard?

http://www.google.com/search?source=...ript+clipboard

[acoder]

Yes - Granting JavaScript access to the clipboard.

[gits]

yes ... thanks god ;) ... sometimes i really don't want someone to read my clipboard ... for example i would have copied email-addresses or other sensitive information to it and in case a webpage could just grab it it would be a serious security-issue ...

kind regards

[rnd me]

there are workarounds.

flash can do it, and likely from a hidden frame.

as long as flash as enabled, i wouldn't fee too safe,

i noticed a site that had a button that said "place on clipboard".
i laughed and clicked it.
the joke was on me when i got to notepad.

EDIT:

here is working code i cleaned up for firefox:

 
function copy(str) {
   var D=document;
    if(!copy.div) { copy.div = D.createElement('div'); D.body.appendChild(copy.div);  }
 
flashVar = "Q1dTB3kAAAB4nKtgYI1nYOBfwMDAw8jgzPT//3975lAGBoYOdQYWhu\
SczIKk/MSiFIac1Lz0kgyG4MriktRchuLUEme41DQmBg4GGRDJ6Cc0l4lBAibCzsDO\
CDSJgwksyRwkzuAA5AIAd7oY/w==";
 
copy.div.innerHTML =  '<embed src="'+flashVar+'" FlashVars="clipboard='+encodeURIComponent(str) +
    '" width="0" height="0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed>';
}
 
 

it cannot read the clipboard, so i don't feel too bad about posting it.