Copy to clipboard

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Hi, I am trying to create a button that copies a text to the clipboard from the dashboard but I can't do it in any way or with any node, could someone who has done something similar help me? Thank you

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You could probably use a bash script to copy to clipboard if you are using linux/mac , and then execute that bash script via node-red exec node...

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im using node-red in windows

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Well i think this answer will help you , just make sure to format the command string properly with the value you want to copy, and then execute the command via exec node :smiley:

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but this only works with one permanent text no?, i want to take variable text from dashboard and copy it to my clipboard by clicking a button of dashboard.

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You can do this using the dashboard template node.

  1. Copy paste W3Schools Tryit Editor in the template node.
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  2. Then you can further modify the html/javascript of the template node to your needs.
  3. I would send the dynamic text to copy to the clipboard as msg.payload to the template node.
  4. In template node code you can refer to the payload by {{msg.payload}}
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This is even better solution than mine :grin:

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If you implement msg.payload instead of the abc, it would work. But janvda method is 100% better than mine, and it will copy on any device, my script will only copy on server side.

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This is down to your browser and OS, not Node-RED.

Allowing the browser to control access to the clipboard is fraught with security issues which is why it isn't necessarily easy.

Please share what browser you want to target.

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Thank you, it works as I wanted.

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