On Sat, Apr 11, 2015 at 8:16 PM, Aryeh Gregor <a...@aryeh.name> wrote:
> > element.onclick = function(){ > > document.execCommand('copy', false, 'foo'); > > } > > Is this really "copying"? As in "an operation that places some data on the system clipboard", yes ;) but I see your point of view. > I think a new function for "set clipboard > contents to specified value" would make more sense than overloading > execCommand("copy") to mean something more than the standard > text-editor meaning of "copy". Besides, execCommand() is awful and we > should prefer other APIs when possible. > So.. are you suggesting something like window.Clipboard.setData('text/plain', 'foo') ? -Hallvord