How to Copy Content to the Clipboard in Vue

To copy text from an input or textarea in Vue, you should write a method to call the element's select() and setSelectionRange() methods using a Vue ref.

Vue.createApp({
  data: () => ({ message: '' }),
  methods: {
    copyText() {
      const element = this.$refs.message;
      element.select();
      element.setSelectionRange(0, 99999);
      document.execCommand('copy');
    }
  },
  template: `
  <div>
    <div>
      <input id="example" v-model="message" ref="message" />
    </div>
    <button @click="copyText()">Click to Copy</button>
    <div>
      <h3>Paste here</h3>
      <div>
        <textarea></textarea>
      </div>
    </div>
  </div>
  `
}).mount('#app');

Below is a live example.

Copying non-input fields

To copy text from an element that isn't a textarea or input, you should create a fake textarea using the document.createElement() function. Once you've created a fake textarea, you can set the textarea content to the value you want to copy use the previous approach. Then remove the textarea once the text is copied.

Vue.createApp({
  data: () => ({ message: '' }),
  methods: {
    copyTextNoInput() {
      const storage = document.createElement('textarea');
      storage.value = this.$refs.message.innerHTML;
      this.$refs.reference.appendChild(storage);
      storage.select();
      storage.setSelectionRange(0, 99999);
      document.execCommand('copy');
      this.$refs.reference.removeChild(storage);
    }
  },
  template: `
  <div>
    <div ref="message">This is text that you wish to copy</div>
    <button @click="copyTextNoInput()">Click to Copy</button>
    <div>
      <h3>Paste here</h3>
      <div>
      <textarea></textarea>
      </div>
    </div>
  </div>
  `
}).mount('#app2');

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