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Back to SnippetsCopy-to-clipboard control with visible feedback and fallback
A paste-ready copy control with secure-context Clipboard API support, a local fallback, button-state feedback, and a polite live announcement.
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Receipt: copied, failed, and manual fallback are all named states.
What this is
Copy useful text without leaving people guessing.
Use this for coupon codes, IDs, command examples, addresses, tokens that are safe to expose, or any exact string a visitor should reuse.
The control reports success or failure visibly and through a live region instead of treating clipboard access as guaranteed.
Use it
- Give the source element a stable ID and point the button data attribute to it.
- Keep the live status near the control and test both the secure Clipboard API and denied-permission path.
Make it yours
- Point data-copy-target at any element containing plain text.
- Change the temporary button labels and announcement text to fit your interface.
Reuse contract
Supported environments
- Current Chrome, Edge, Firefox, and Safari
- Static or CMS pages
Security notes
- Copy only repository- or application-owned plain text; do not inject copied values as HTML.
- Clipboard access can be denied by browser policy, so the failure state remains essential.
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