# Copy-to-clipboard Bookmarklet

Create Bookmarklet (browser bookmark that executes Javsacript) to copy a given text to Clipboard.

This is the base javascript:

```javascript
(function (text) {
  var node = document.createElement('textarea')
  var selection = document.getSelection()

  node.textContent = text
  document.body.appendChild(node)

  selection.removeAllRanges()
  node.select()
  document.execCommand('copy')

  selection.removeAllRanges()
  document.body.removeChild(node)
})('Text To Copy')
```

Minify it (you can use [UglifyJS](http://marijnhaverbeke.nl//uglifyjs) or any other) to get something like this:

```javascript
!function(a){var b=document.createElement("textarea"),c=document.getSelection();b.textContent=a,document.body.appendChild(b),c.removeAllRanges(),b.select(),document.execCommand("copy"),c.removeAllRanges(),document.body.removeChild(b)}("Text To Copy");
```

Prefix it with `javascript:`:

```javascript
javascript:!function(a){var b=document.createElement("textarea"),c=document.getSelection();b.textContent=a,document.body.appendChild(b),c.removeAllRanges(),b.select(),document.execCommand("copy"),c.removeAllRanges(),document.body.removeChild(b)}("Text To Copy");
```

Then add it as a new bookmark, in the URL field:

![Chrome Example](http://i.imgur.com/kAy7a1b.png)

### More applications

You can do stuff like a "Copy page title" bookmarklet by simply passing `document.title` instead of the fixed string:

```javascript
javascript:!function(a){var b=document.createElement("textarea"),c=document.getSelection();b.textContent=a,document.body.appendChild(b),c.removeAllRanges(),b.select(),document.execCommand("copy"),c.removeAllRanges(),document.body.removeChild(b)}(document.title);
```