#til #webdev #javascript #clipboard

I remember a time when there were whole libraries dedicated to clipboard management.

Turns out in browsers released after ~2020 you can do it with one line:

navigator.clipboard.writeText(text).then(console.log).catch(console.error);

#til #javascript #webdev #customelements

I was working on a custom element today that replaces a textarea with CodeMirror in the UI while still updating the textarea in the background so that it can be submitted in a form. I ran across a wild footgun in custom elements.

StackOverflow eventually provided the solution. There's a solution on stack overflow, but Danny Engleman wrote up a more thorough explanation.