# Copy / paste text from the clipboard

**URL:** <https://community.thunkable.com/t/copy-paste-text-from-the-clipboard/234386>\
**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X\
**Tags:** question\
**Created:** [September 19, 2019, 2:30pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/copy-paste-text-from-the-clipboard/234386 "2019-09-19T14:30:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![point](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/point/32/113590_2.png) [@point](https://community.thunkable.com/u/point)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2019, 2:30pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/copy-paste-text-from-the-clipboard/234386/1 "2019-09-19T14:30:22Z")

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Is it possible to create a button in the application that will copy / paste text to the clipboard?

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**Author:** ![actech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@actech](https://community.thunkable.com/u/actech)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2019, 11:04am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/copy-paste-text-from-the-clipboard/234386/2 "2019-09-20T11:04:50Z")

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It is impossible, if you need to paste text from the clipboard into another application. Use the system tools for working with the clipboard.

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**Author:** ![jared](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/jared/32/138473_2.png) [@jared](https://community.thunkable.com/u/jared)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2020, 10:27pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/copy-paste-text-from-the-clipboard/234386/3 "2020-12-20T22:27:34Z")

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Not impossible. Here is your solution!

> [@How can I add a Copy Button?](http://community.thunkable.com/t/how-can-i-add-a-copy-button/1040333/10):
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> I’m wondering if a JavaScript solution would work with the webviewer. \<html\> \<head\> \<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"\> \<script src="https://thunkable.github.io/webviewer-extension/thunkableWebviewerExtension.js" type="text/javascript"\>\</script\> \</head\> \<body\> \<script type="text/javascript"\> function copyToClipboard(value) { var tempInput = document.createElement("textarea"); tempInput.value = value; document.body.appendChild(tempInput);…

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**Author:** ![ioannis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/ioannis/32/146956_2.png) [@ioannis](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ioannis)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 12:08pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/copy-paste-text-from-the-clipboard/234386/4 "2024-11-08T12:08:57Z")

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