Copy Text from TextBox to Clipboard

Environment

Product	Telerik UI for ASP.NET Core TextBox
Product Version	2024.1.130

Description

How can I copy text from the TextBox component directly within the Clipboard?

Solution

To achieve the desired result:

1. Utilize the TextBox's SuffixOptions() configuration and define a template.
2. Within the template, create a Button component and wire to its Click event.
3. Within the event handler, use the Clipboard interface's writeText() method to copy the text from the TextBox.

     @(Html.Kendo().TextBox()
        .Name("email")
        .Label(l => l.Content("Email Address").Floating(false))
        .Value("[e-mail]")
        .SuffixOptions(suffix => suffix
             .Template(Html.Kendo().Template()
                .AddComponent(component => component
                    .Button()
                    .Name("copyBtn")
                    .Icon("copy")
                    .Events(events => events.Click("onClick"))
                )
             )

        )
        .HtmlAttributes(new { style = "width: 100%;", type = "email" })
    )

    <script id="buttonTemplate" type="text/html">
        <kendo-button name="copyBtn"
                      icon="copy"
                      on-click="onClick"
                      is-in-client-template="true">
        </kendo-button>
    </script>

    <kendo-textbox name="email" type="email">
        <suffix-options template-id="buttonTemplate" />
    </kendo-textbox>

    <script>
        function onClick(e){
            var textBoxValue = $("#email").getKendoTextBox().value();
            navigator.clipboard.writeText(textBoxValue);
        }
    </script>    

To see an extended example of the aforementioned approach, refer to the following Telerik REPL example:

• Telerik REPL for ASP.NET Core HtmlHelper Example
• Telerik REPL for ASP.NET Core TagHelper Example

More ASP.NET Core TextBox Resources

• ASP.NET Core TextBox Documentation

• ASP.NET Core TextBox Demos

• ASP.NET Core TextBox Product Page

• Telerik UI for ASP.NET Core Video Onboarding Course (Free for trial users and license holders)

• Telerik UI for ASP.NET Core Forums

See Also

• Telerik REPL (HtmlHelper): Copy Text from TextBox to Clipboard

• Telerik REPL (TagHelper): Copy Text from TextBox to Clipboard

• Client-Side API Reference of the TextBox for ASP.NET Core

• Server-Side API Reference of the TextBox for ASP.NET Core

• TagHelper API Reference of the TextBox for ASP.NET Core

• Telerik UI for ASP.NET Core Breaking Changes

• Telerik UI for ASP.NET Core Knowledge Base