How to copy text of alert box

Question

I write the path of a document into the alert box via using below code.

var oArg = new Object();
oArg.Document = $(t).attr("path") + str + "/" + $(t).attr("name");
alert(oArg.Document);

Assume that message is : "documents/files/img/stack.jpg"

I only want to copy this text with a button. For Chrome Ctrl + C is ok for it but for IE, Ctrl + C copies everything at the alertbox.

How can I copy only the message with using a button?

Ctrl + C works like below:

• Chrome - Works perfectly.
• Internet Explorer - Works, but you get extra text. The caption and OK button text is also copied, along with a bunch of dashes. This is almost never what you want.
• Firefox - Doesn't work at all You must select the text before you can copy it.

Answer 1

What you can do is to prompt the user with the text and ask them to copy it. As such:

prompt("Copy to clipboard: Ctrl+C, Enter", oArg.Document);

Because if you supply a text to the prompt it automatically gets selected. Does this suit you?

Answer 2

When ever the alert message box appears with the text message , just press CTRL+ C and your message will be copied, then you can paste it anywhere you want , no need to write it or using any other method to get the text.