Can Chrome Developer Tools copy element by ID

Question

Chrome Developer Tools command console provides a handy command : copy(). From example, I can copy(document.body). However, is there any way to copy an element by ID? Like copy('#elementID')?

Answer 1

As long as the $ function has not been overridden, you can use it.

copy($("elementId"));

Otherwise, if the element id does not contain special characters, you can just write the id out.

copy(elementId); //No quotes

If the element id does contain special characters, you will have to use document.getElementById.

copy(document.getElementById("elementId"));