GCTC-NTGC / TalentCloud

export async function copyToClipboard(event, text: string): Promise<void> {

  if (event.clipboardData && event.clipboardData.setData) {

    // IE specific code path to prevent textarea being shown while dialog is visible.

    return event.clipboardData.setData("Text", text);

  }

  if (

    document.queryCommandSupported &&

    document.queryCommandSupported("copy")

  ) {

    const textarea = document.createElement("textarea");

    textarea.textContent = text;

    textarea.style.position = "fixed"; // Prevent scrolling to bottom of page in MS Edge.

    document.body.appendChild(textarea);

    textarea.select();

    try {

      document.execCommand("copy"); // Security exception may be thrown by some browsers.

      return Promise.resolve();

    } catch (ex) {

      console.warn("Copy to clipboard failed.", ex);

      return Promise.reject();

    } finally {

      document.body.removeChild(textarea);

    }

  }

  return Promise.reject();