Copy to Clipboard

Christoph Wenninger

April 02, 2025 12:18

Hello,

I would like to add a Button to my Workflow which copies a string value to the clipboard of the OS.

Since I haven't found any specific activity for that purpose, I tried using the expression evaluator with the following sample code:

=(function(text) {
    navigator.clipboard.writeText(text)
        .then(() => {
            console.log('Copied to Clipboard: ' + text);
        })
        .catch(err => {
            console.error('Failed to copy: ', err);
        });
})('Sample Text');

Unfortunately I get an error in the Log saying:

Failed to execute command ["sandbox-helper.run-workflow-from-designer"]: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'clipboard')

So it seems like I cannot adress the navigator object through the expression evaluator.

Is there some other way to copy information to the  clipboard?
And yes, I know there are already posts in the community and in the idea section, but without conclusions and pretty old.

Greetings,
Chris

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  Berend Veldkamp

  April 04, 2025 13:54 Edited

  You can only  access the navigator object through the window, it is not a top-level property.

  Copy this to the Expression of an Evaluate Async activity:

  =window.navigator.clipboard.writeText("clip")

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  Christoph Wenninger

  April 04, 2025 14:05

  Thank you Berend,
  that works perfectly!
  Finished the week by learning something.

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