index.js

"use strict";

var deselectCurrent = require("toggle-selection");

var clipboardToIE11Formatting = {
  "text/plain": "Text",
  "text/html": "Url",
  "default": "Text"
}

var defaultMessage = "Copy to clipboard: #{key}, Enter";

function format(message) {
  var copyKey = (/mac os x/i.test(navigator.userAgent) ? "⌘" : "Ctrl") + "+C";
  return message.replace(/#{\s*key\s*}/g, copyKey);
}

function copy(text, options) {
  var debug,
    message,
    reselectPrevious,
    range,
    selection,
    mark,
    success = false;
  if (!options) {
    options = {};
  }
  debug = options.debug || false;
  try {
    reselectPrevious = deselectCurrent();

    range = document.createRange();
    selection = document.getSelection();

    mark = document.createElement("span");
    mark.textContent = text;
    // avoid screen readers from reading out loud the text
    mark.ariaHidden = "true"
    // reset user styles for span element
    mark.style.all = "unset";
    // prevents scrolling to the end of the page
    mark.style.position = "fixed";
    mark.style.top = 0;
    mark.style.clip = "rect(0, 0, 0, 0)";
    // used to preserve spaces and line breaks
    mark.style.whiteSpace = "pre";
    // do not inherit user-select (it may be `none`)
    mark.style.webkitUserSelect = "text";
    mark.style.MozUserSelect = "text";
    mark.style.msUserSelect = "text";
    mark.style.userSelect = "text";
    mark.addEventListener("copy", function(e) {
      e.stopPropagation();
      if (options.format) {
        e.preventDefault();
        if (typeof e.clipboardData === "undefined") { // IE 11
          debug && console.warn("unable to use e.clipboardData");
          debug && console.warn("trying IE specific stuff");
          window.clipboardData.clearData();
          var format = clipboardToIE11Formatting[options.format] || clipboardToIE11Formatting["default"]
          window.clipboardData.setData(format, text);
        } else { // all other browsers
          e.clipboardData.clearData();
          e.clipboardData.setData(options.format, text);
        }
      }
      if (options.onCopy) {
        e.preventDefault();
        options.onCopy(e.clipboardData);
      }
    });

    document.body.appendChild(mark);

    range.selectNodeContents(mark);
    selection.addRange(range);

    var successful = document.execCommand("copy");
    if (!successful) {
      throw new Error("copy command was unsuccessful");
    }
    success = true;
  } catch (err) {
    debug && console.error("unable to copy using execCommand: ", err);
    debug && console.warn("trying IE specific stuff");
    try {
      window.clipboardData.setData(options.format || "text", text);
      options.onCopy && options.onCopy(window.clipboardData);
      success = true;
    } catch (err) {
      debug && console.error("unable to copy using clipboardData: ", err);
      debug && console.error("falling back to prompt");
      message = format("message" in options ? options.message : defaultMessage);
      window.prompt(message, text);
    }
  } finally {
    if (selection) {
      if (typeof selection.removeRange == "function") {
        selection.removeRange(range);
      } else {
        selection.removeAllRanges();
      }
    }

    if (mark) {
      document.body.removeChild(mark);
    }
    reselectPrevious();
  }

  return success;
}

module.exports = copy;