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by jonalmeida 4155 days ago
Fun fact: Github uses Flash to copy link data or raw code to your clipboard.
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teej 4155 days ago
Only because it is literally the only way to support the feature. Nothing sneaky about it.
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zaroth 4155 days ago
Clipboard API and events. W3C Working Draft 09 December 2014

http://www.w3.org/TR/clipboard-apis/

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alexcasalboni 4152 days ago
11% global support, so far.

http://caniuse.com/#feat=clipboard

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alexcasalboni 4155 days ago
That's awesome, I didn't know about this draft at all! Still wondering how such a native feature hasn't been drafted within the first 25 years of web browsers. Any (un)official ETA?
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