# Copy to clipboard button

**URL:** <https://community.fibery.io/t/copy-to-clipboard-button/2630>\
**Category:** Ideas & Features\
**Created:** [March 13, 2022, 8:19pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/copy-to-clipboard-button/2630 "2022-03-13T20:19:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 12\
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**Author:** ![Aviad](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/aviad/32/4678_2.png) [@Aviad](https://community.fibery.io/u/Aviad)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2022, 8:19pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/copy-to-clipboard-button/2630/1 "2022-03-13T20:19:12Z")

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We already have a “copy to clipboard” button for the link of the entity itself.

But sometimes there are fields that could be really comfortable to be able to copy in one click.

For example, sometimes we want to be able to copy a name of an entity quickly from the list of one to many entities.

I believe that adding an action to a button to store a specific value to clipboard would help to achieve this.

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**Author:** ![Matt\_Blais](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/matt_blais/32/1464_2.png) [@Matt\_Blais](https://community.fibery.io/u/Matt_Blais)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2022, 3:13am UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/copy-to-clipboard-button/2630/2 "2022-05-26T03:13:49Z")

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Perhaps this should be a separate request, but it’s related:

I’d like to be able to:

1. Select multiple entities in (e.g.) a Table view
2. Hit Ctrl+C
3. Go to a Rich Text field somewhere
4. Hit Ctrl+V
5. Have my copied entities pasted as links 👍

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**Author:** ![danielbmarsh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/danielbmarsh/32/13104_2.png) [@danielbmarsh](https://community.fibery.io/u/danielbmarsh)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2024, 9:05pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/copy-to-clipboard-button/2630/3 "2024-01-25T21:05:56Z")

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You might be able to do this with a Fibery button and a script.

But the Scripting is in Node.JS 12 and I need it on the latest version of Node to make this easy.

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**Author:** ![Chr1sG](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/chr1sg/32/3941_2.png) [@Chr1sG](https://community.fibery.io/u/Chr1sG)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2024, 9:13pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/copy-to-clipboard-button/2630/4 "2024-01-25T21:13:16Z")

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> [@danielbmarsh](#):
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> You might be able to do this with a Fibery button and a script

I don’t think it will be possible to copy to clipboard using a standard button - the actions that are triggered by a button are executed on the backend, so they can’t affect the browser/OS.

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**Author:** ![AndreasHe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a3d4f5/32.png) [@AndreasHe](https://community.fibery.io/u/AndreasHe)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2024, 6:00am UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/copy-to-clipboard-button/2630/5 "2024-12-20T06:00:01Z")

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Yes I am also missing an optional Copy-to-Clipboard button to all text/email etc fields. Even with right-click in the cell of a table, there is no “copy”.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/fibery/original/2X/7/76c70f83c57a2c8584e34123bd39fdceb29262ee.png)

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**Author:** ![RonMakesSystems](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/ronmakessystems/32/14122_2.png) [@RonMakesSystems](https://community.fibery.io/u/RonMakesSystems)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2025, 2:00pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/copy-to-clipboard-button/2630/6 "2025-03-06T14:00:03Z")

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I would like to note that adding the “Copy to Clipboard” button in all entities is a bit frustrating as this feature has been requested. The “Fibery Approach” i would have expected and loved would be an implementation “Copy value to clipboard” in the button actions. Then an implementation of “Entity.MD” in formula/script to get the entity markdown. Then we could build out the Copy as Markdown button ourselves. And decide which entities deserve it and to which it just adds more clutter… I hope its coming down the line! 🤞

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**Author:** ![Chr1sG](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/chr1sg/32/3941_2.png) [@Chr1sG](https://community.fibery.io/u/Chr1sG)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2025, 2:11pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/copy-to-clipboard-button/2630/7 "2025-03-06T14:11:30Z")

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> [@RonMakesSystems](#):
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> i would have expected and loved would be an implementation “Copy value to clipboard” in the button actions

As noted above, I’m not sure that such a solution would be easily implementable. Automation actions are pretty much limited to ‘backend’ changes, so I don’t know how feasible it is to add stuff to a user’s clipboard.

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**Author:** ![RonMakesSystems](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/ronmakessystems/32/14122_2.png) [@RonMakesSystems](https://community.fibery.io/u/RonMakesSystems)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2025, 2:14pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/copy-to-clipboard-button/2630/8 "2025-03-06T14:14:39Z")

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Automation actions are limited to backend changes _at the moment_. 😉  
I didn’t say it would be easy to do it the Fibery way (it rarely is), but I’m hoping it’s done the Fibery way down the line.

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**Author:** ![Matt\_Blais](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/matt_blais/32/1464_2.png) [@Matt\_Blais](https://community.fibery.io/u/Matt_Blais)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2025, 6:30pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/copy-to-clipboard-button/2630/9 "2025-03-06T18:30:34Z")

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> [@Chr1sG](#):
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> Automation actions are pretty much limited to ‘backend’ changes

Even _buttons_? I have a vague memory of asking to be able to trigger Buttons from scripts (which would make them back-end actions for sure), but being rejected…  
which means that Buttons currently require an active front-end to be triggered.

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**Author:** ![Chr1sG](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/chr1sg/32/3941_2.png) [@Chr1sG](https://community.fibery.io/u/Chr1sG)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2025, 6:41pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/copy-to-clipboard-button/2630/10 "2025-03-06T18:41:29Z")

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> [@Matt\_Blais](#):
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> I have a vague memory of asking to be able to trigger Buttons from scripts

I don’t believe this was ever possible

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**Author:** ![Matt\_Blais](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/matt_blais/32/1464_2.png) [@Matt\_Blais](https://community.fibery.io/u/Matt_Blais)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2025, 6:50pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/copy-to-clipboard-button/2630/11 "2025-03-06T18:50:10Z")

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> [@Chr1sG](#):
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> I don’t know how feasible it is to add stuff to a user’s clipboard.

So Buttons **do** require an operator present to trigger them…  
which means it should be feasible to have the front-end add stuff to the operator’s clipboard.

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**Author:** ![Chr1sG](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/chr1sg/32/3941_2.png) [@Chr1sG](https://community.fibery.io/u/Chr1sG)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2025, 6:54pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/copy-to-clipboard-button/2630/12 "2025-03-06T18:54:05Z")

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> [@Matt\_Blais](#):
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> So Buttons **do** require an operator present to trigger them…

Yes, to **trigger**

> [@Matt\_Blais](#):
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> which means it should be feasible to have the front-end add stuff to the operator’s clipboard.

Automation **actions** are pretty much limited to ‘backend’ changes 😕

I’m not saying it’s against the laws of physics to allow actions to make frontend changes, but it’s not easy, and not in future plans.
