HTML | oncopy Attribute

Difficulty Level : Basic
Last Updated : 19 Jul, 2019

This attribute fires when the user copied the content present in an element. The oncopy attribute is used with <img>, <input>, <p> etc elements.

Syntax:

<element oncopy = "script">

Attribute: This attribute accept single value script to be run when oncopy call.

Note:There are 3 ways to copy the content of an elements:

Press CTRL + C to copy an element.
Select “Copy” from the edit menu.
Right click to display the context menu and select the “Copy” command

Example 1:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
    <head>
        <title>oncopy attribute</title>
        <style>
            body {
                text-align:center;
            }
            h1 {
                color:green;
            }
        </style>
    </head>
    <body>
        <h1>GeeksForGeeks</h1>
        <h2>oncopy attribute</h2>
        <input type="text" oncopy="Geeks()" value="GeeksForGeeks">
        <p id="sudo"></p>
        <script>
            function Geeks() {
                document.getElementById("sudo").innerHTML = "Copied box content"
            }
        </script>
    </body>
</html>                    

Output:

Example 2:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
    <head>
        <title>oncopy attribute</title>
        <style>
            body {
                text-align:center;
            }
            h1 {
                color:green;
            }
        </style>
    </head>
    <body>
        <h1>GeeksForGeeks</h1>
        <h2>oncopy attribute</h2>
        <p oncopy="Geeks()">GeeksforGeeks: A computer science portal for Geeks</p>
        <p id="sudo"></p>
        <script>
            function Geeks() {
                document.getElementById("sudo").innerHTML = "Copied Text"
            }
        </script>
    </body>
</html>                    

Output:

Supported Browsers: The browser supported by oncopy Event Attribute are listed below:

Internet Explorer
Google Chrome
Firefox
Opera
Safari

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