# How to copy text to clipboard

**URL:** https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-copy-text-to-clipboard/198615
**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X
**Created:** [August 27, 2019, 4:28am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-copy-text-to-clipboard/198615 "2019-08-27T04:28:46Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author: ![abdimail6965ab03](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b77776/32.png) [@abdimail6965ab03](https://community.thunkable.com/u/abdimail6965ab03)
#### Post date: [August 27, 2019, 4:28am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-copy-text-to-clipboard/198615/1 "2019-08-27T04:28:46Z")

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Hai.

its possible to copy text to clipboard? Thanks

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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: [August 27, 2019, 7:33am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-copy-text-to-clipboard/198615/2 "2019-08-27T07:33:04Z")

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Hai.

Where should insert it after that, and why?

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### Author: ![abdimail6965ab03](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b77776/32.png) [@abdimail6965ab03](https://community.thunkable.com/u/abdimail6965ab03)
#### Post date: [August 27, 2019, 3:12pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-copy-text-to-clipboard/198615/3 "2019-08-27T15:12:37Z")

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i want to do like this [http://www.puravidaapps.com/clipboard.php](http://www.puravidaapps.com/clipboard.php).  
When button or label click, some field in label can be copy and paste outher service.but I don’t know how to apply it in thunkable x

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### Author: ![domhnallohanlon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/domhnallohanlon/32/29554_2.png) [@domhnallohanlon](https://community.thunkable.com/u/domhnallohanlon)
#### Post date: [August 27, 2019, 3:29pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-copy-text-to-clipboard/198615/4 "2019-08-27T15:29:17Z")

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Hi @abdimail6965ab03

here’s a method you can use.

 ![copy](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/e/f/efa446bb0f505ab12502f79f1cc14b43dfcb8232.png)

 ![cut](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/0/1/0114bb71353f63f6e737deaed64895fe9719f1b1.png)

> [@abdimail6965ab03](#):
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> When button or label click, some field in label can be copy and paste outher service

It won’t give you access to the system clipboard, but it will copy text from one location to another within your app.

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### Author: ![abdimail6965ab03](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b77776/32.png) [@abdimail6965ab03](https://community.thunkable.com/u/abdimail6965ab03)
#### Post date: [August 28, 2019, 4:43am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-copy-text-to-clipboard/198615/5 "2019-08-28T04:43:39Z")

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Thanks @domhnallohanlon

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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/how-to-copy-text-to-clipboard/198615/6 "2020-12-20T22:27:00Z")

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Here is access to the clipboard 😉

> [@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, 12:11pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-copy-text-to-clipboard/198615/7 "2024-11-08T12:11:43Z")

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