# \[IGN-5196\]Perspective - Copy to clipboard button **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Tags:** scripting, perspective, ignition81\ **Created:** [November 19, 2021, 12:21pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ign-5196-perspective-copy-to-clipboard-button/53285 "2021-11-19T12:21:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1

**Author:** ![jakned](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/4da419/32.png) [@jakned](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jakned)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2021, 12:21pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ign-5196-perspective-copy-to-clipboard-button/53285/1 "2021-11-19T12:21:05Z")

Hi, is it possible to create this functionality in Perspective (without developing custom component)? ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/b/7/b7b78ab4081f985258580659bc43cc8c45bec348.png) Thanks ---

**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2021, 4:12pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ign-5196-perspective-copy-to-clipboard-button/53285/2 "2021-11-19T16:12:23Z")

No, we don’t expose the clipboard API. The modern clipboard API also only works in HTTPS contexts, so it may or may not ever land in Perspective first-party. ---

**Author:** ![justin.huggins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@justin.huggins](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/justin.huggins)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2024, 7:03pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ign-5196-perspective-copy-to-clipboard-button/53285/3 "2024-09-18T19:03:05Z")

I am looking to do something similar with a table. This was 3 years ago. Not sure if any new updates have been provided? Basically, I want a user to be able to click a button to capture all the data from within a table to paste in a email or text file. ---

**Author:** ![justin.huggins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@justin.huggins](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/justin.huggins)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2024, 7:06pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ign-5196-perspective-copy-to-clipboard-button/53285/4 "2024-09-18T19:06:35Z")

I suppose exporting to a text or CSV file might work also. Not as ideal as clipboard. ---

**Author:** ![Paul.M](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c0e974/32.png) [@Paul.M](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Paul.M)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2026, 9:24am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ign-5196-perspective-copy-to-clipboard-button/53285/5 "2026-05-15T09:24:50Z")

Hello, Don't know if this is still in need, but I had the same request, I was able to build in Web Dev Web Dev ```python defaultText = "" params = request.get("params", {}) textToCopy = params.get("text", defaultText) if textToCopy == "" and len(params.keys()) > 0: firstKey = list(params.keys())[0] if firstKey != "text": textToCopy = firstKey if isinstance(textToCopy, list): textToCopy = textToCopy[0] if len(textToCopy) > 0 else defaultText textToCopy = str(textToCopy) def js_escape(value): return value.replace("\\", "\\\\").replace("'", "\\'").replace("\n", "\\n").replace("\r", "") jsText = js_escape(textToCopy) html = """

Grup copiat!

""" html = html.replace(" __TEXT_TO_COPY__", jsText) return { "html": html } ``` On my perspective page I have a IFrame component with this src > "/system/webdev/ProjectName/webdevResourceName?text=textToBeCoppied" ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/1/0/10145a86bb4f1baf2751b23631d2778ed53ec32c.png) When I click on the right icon text from the left label it's copied on the client browser ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/b/9/b950ee634da271ed1edd40be65cdee26bd97192b.png) Unfortunately this method works only with text and require web dev module