Javascript copy text without tags

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I have a script that when clicked will copy the contents of a div to the clipboard

<script type="text/javascript">
var program=document.getElementById('code');
ShowLMCButton(program.innerHTML, '', '', './static/js/lmcbutton.swf');
</script>

But when I click "Copy" it copies

<p>Line 1<br />Line 2</p>

Is there anyway to copy it like this:

Line 1 Line 2

MK. · Accepted Answer · 2012-10-02 22:16:02Z

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Sounds like you want the innerText instead of innerHTML?

answered Oct 2, 2012 at 22:16

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bfavaretto · Accepted Answer · 2012-10-02 22:22:22Z

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You can use textContent or innerText. The differences, according to MDN, are:

Note that while textContent gets the content of all elements, including <script> and <style> elements, the mostly equivalent IE-specific property, innerText, does not.

innerText is also aware of style and will not return the text of hidden elements, whereas textContent will.

As innerText is aware of CSS styling, it will trigger a reflow, whereas textContent will not.

answered Oct 2, 2012 at 22:22

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Blease Over a year ago

innerText doesn't work for me? And as for textContent, the value is strung across one line. The idea for this is to click copy and then to paste it into notepad, to share VB scripts.

bfavaretto Over a year ago

innerText works for me (in Chrome, OSX), and it replaces the <br> with \n. textContent does in fact join the contents into a single line. jsfiddle.net/542AF

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 11:48:15Z

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You are using an external library, so you should refer to the library documentation.

Anyway, there is a related post here.

edited May 23, 2017 at 11:48

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answered Oct 2, 2012 at 22:26

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adripanico Over a year ago

Try this plugin, better that the flash based: archive.plugins.jquery.com/project/copy

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