Auto Select and Copy Options

[denmarks]

I have a page that is only used by me and is located on my computer. There is an index at the top with descriptions. When a description is clicked the page repositions using <a> tags to a paragraph with the details. The paragraph is surrounded with the <span> tag.

Is there a way to have the text within the paragraph selected and copied when the index item is clicked to get to the paragraph? I always drag through the data and copy. It would be nice to have it automated if possible.

[Christian J]

In IE you can use java script:

CODE

<a href="#a" onclick="window.clipboardData.setData('Text', document.getElementById('a').firstChild.nodeValue);">link</a>
<span id="a">foo</span>

assuming the SPAN contains no markup, just plain text, and assuming your security settings permit reading/writing to your clipboard (not recommended on the www for privacy reasons). Other browsers don't support it.

[denmarks]

In IE you can use java script:

CODE

<a href="#a" onclick="window.clipboardData.setData('Text', document.getElementById('a').firstChild.nodeValue);">link</a>
<span id="a">foo</span>

assuming the SPAN contains no markup, just plain text, and assuming your security settings permit reading/writing to your clipboard (not recommended on the www for privacy reasons). Other browsers don't support it.

Thank you but I need it for Firefox. Any other possibilities?

[Christian J]

Googling turns up some ideas (that I haven't tested), but they seem to require changes to Firefox: http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/c...ed-scripts.html