I want to allow users to copy a large number of email addresses to their clipboard. This answer seemed like the most reliable way to do that: How do I copy to the clipboard in JavaScript? However, when testing I found that <code>window.prompt()</code> always replaces part of one of the emails with <code>...</code>. Here is test data: <pre class="prettyprint"><code>test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com; test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com; test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com; test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com; test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com; test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com; test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com; test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com; test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com; test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com; test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com; test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com; test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com; test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com; test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com; test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com; test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com; test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com; test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com; test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com; test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com; test@test.com; test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com; test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com; test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com; test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com; test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com; test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com; test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com; test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com; test@test.com;test@test.com; </code></pre> Here is example code with the following test data: <pre class="prettyprint"><code>window.prompt ("To copy emails to clipboard, press: Ctrl+C, then Enter", "test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com; test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com; test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com; test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com; test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com; test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com; test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com; test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com; test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com; test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com; test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com; test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com; test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com; test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com; test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com; test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com; test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com; test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com; test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com; test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com; test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com; test@test.com; test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com; test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com; test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com; test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com; test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com; test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com; test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com; test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com;test@test.com; test@test.com;test@test.com;"); </code></pre> JSFiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/MkYDz/ Click on the link above, copy and paste the text to a text editor, and you will see that one of the emails (about halfway) becomes: <pre class="prettyprint"><code>test@...om </code></pre> Why is this happening?

The character limit for the prompt seems to be the reason like MVP said. There is a pretty better workaround for it. Use a <code>textarea</code> with the emails text as its content and use the <code>select</code> function to select the whole text in the textarea like you did with the prompt. Example: <pre class="prettyprint"><code>$('#container').append('To copy emails to clipboard, press: Ctrl+C, then Enter <textarea id="emailsToCopy">'+emailsToCopy+'</textarea>'); $('#emailsToCopy').select().focus(); </code></pre> Assuming, you use jquery. If not you could use <code>select</code> function on the textarea DOM element. <pre class="prettyprint"><code>var emailsTxtArea = document.getElementById(emailsToCopy); emailsTxtArea.select(); emailsTxtArea.focus(); </code></pre>

Text passed to window.prompt gets replaced with "..."

Tags:

javascript

I want to allow users to copy a large number of email addresses to their clipboard. This answer seemed like the most reliable way to do that:

How do I copy to the clipboard in JavaScript?

However, when testing I found that window.prompt() always replaces part of one of the emails with ....

Here is test data:

[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];
[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];
[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];
[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];
[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];
[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];
[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];
[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];
[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];
[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];
[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];
[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];
[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];
[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];
[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];
[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];
[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];
[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];
[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];
[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];
[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];
[email protected]; [email protected];[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];
[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];
[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];
[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];
[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];
[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];
[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];
[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];
[email protected];[email protected];

Here is example code with the following test data:

window.prompt ("To copy emails to clipboard, press: Ctrl+C, then Enter", 
  "[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];
  [email protected];[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];
  [email protected];[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];
  [email protected];[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];
  [email protected];[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];
  [email protected];[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];
  [email protected];[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];
  [email protected];[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];
  [email protected];[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];
  [email protected];[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];
  [email protected];[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];
  [email protected];[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];
  [email protected];[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];
  [email protected];[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];
  [email protected];[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];
  [email protected];[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];
  [email protected];[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];
  [email protected];[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];
  [email protected];[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];
  [email protected];[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];
  [email protected];[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];
  [email protected]; [email protected];[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];
  [email protected];[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];
  [email protected];[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];
  [email protected];[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];
  [email protected];[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];
  [email protected];[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];
  [email protected];[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];
  [email protected];[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];[email protected];
  [email protected];[email protected];");

JSFiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/MkYDz/

Click on the link above, copy and paste the text to a text editor, and you will see that one of the emails (about halfway) becomes:

[email protected]

Why is this happening?

1000

asked Aug 06 '13 19:08

Nate

2 Answers

The character limit for the prompt seems to be the reason like MVP said. There is a pretty better workaround for it. Use a textarea with the emails text as its content and use the select function to select the whole text in the textarea like you did with the prompt.

Example:

$('#container').append('To copy emails to clipboard, press: Ctrl+C, then Enter <br />
<textarea id="emailsToCopy">'+emailsToCopy+'</textarea>');
$('#emailsToCopy').select().focus();

Assuming, you use jquery. If not you could use select function on the textarea DOM element.

var emailsTxtArea = document.getElementById(emailsToCopy);
emailsTxtArea.select();
emailsTxtArea.focus();

177

answered Sep 21 '22 01:09

Jithesh

The window.prompt() function is limited to 2000 characters in Chromium. If the input string exceeds this limit (your example has 2059 characters), the input string is cut in the middle marked with dots. This is called an ellipsis.

Here's a demonstration using exactly 2000 characters (I replaced the last three chars with XXX): http://jsfiddle.net/MkYDz/2/

;test@tesXXX");

answered Sep 20 '22 01:09

Alex

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