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Copy a string to the clipboard. Only works as a result of user action (i.e. inside a `click` event listener).
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Create a new `<textarea>` element, fill it with the supplied data and add it to the HTML document.
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Use `Selection.getRangeAt()`to store the selected range (if any).
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Use `document.execCommand('copy')` to copy to the clipboard.
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Finally, remove the `<textarea>` element from the HTML document.
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Remove the `<textarea>` element from the HTML document.
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Finally, use `Selection().addRange()` to recover the original selected range (if any).
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```js
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const copyToClipboard = str => {
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el.style.position = 'absolute';
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el.style.left = '-9999px';
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document.body.appendChild(el);
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const selected = document.getSelection().rangeCount > 0 ? document.getSelection().getRangeAt(0) : false;
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el.select();
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document.execCommand('copy');
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document.body.removeChild(el);
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if (selected) {
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document.getSelection().removeAllRanges();
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document.getSelection().addRange(selected);
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}
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}
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```
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