Zeroclipboard::Rails

Add the ZeroClipboard libary to your Rails app

Setup

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'zeroclipboard-rails'

Then execute:

$ bundle

Add this line to your app/assets/javascripts/application.js file:

//= require zeroclipboard

Usage

For usage information, browser support see the ZeroClipboard documentation. The 'Setup' section can be skipped as this is covered by the Rails-specific instructions provided above.

Example (HTML, ERB)

Place the following in a plain HTML or ERB view file:

<div class='demo-area'>
  <button class='my_clip_button' data-clipboard-target='fe_text' data-clipboard-text='Default clipboard text from attribute' id='d_clip_button' title='Click me to copy to clipboard.'>
    <b>Copy To Clipboard...</b>
  </button>
  <h4>
    <label for='fe_text'>Change Copy Text Here</label>
  </h4>
  <textarea cols='50' id='fe_text' rows='3'>Copy me!</textarea>
  <h4>
    <label for='testarea'>Paste Text Here</label>
  </h4>
  <textarea cols='50' id='testarea' rows='3'></textarea>
  <p>
    <button id='clear-test'>Clear Test Area</button>
  </p>
</div>
<script>
  $(document).ready(function() {
    var clip = new ZeroClipboard($("#d_clip_button"))
  });

  $("#clear-test").on("click", function(){
    $("#fe_text").val("Copy me!");
    $("#testarea").val("");
  });
</script>

Example (HAML)

Place the following in a Haml view file:

.demo-area
  %button#d_clip_button.my_clip_button{"data-clipboard-target" => "fe_text", "data-clipboard-text" => "Default clipboard text from attribute", :title => "Click me to copy to clipboard."}
    %b Copy To Clipboard...
  %h4
    %label{:for => "fe_text"} Change Copy Text Here
  %textarea#fe_text{:cols => "50", :rows => "3"} Copy me!
  %h4
    %label{:for => "testarea"} Paste Text Here
  %textarea#testarea{:cols => "50", :rows => "3"}
  %p
    %button#clear-test Clear Test Area
:javascript
  $(document).ready(function() {
    var clip = new ZeroClipboard($("#d_clip_button"))
  });

  $("#clear-test").on("click", function(){
    $("#fe_text").val("Copy me!");
    $("#testarea").val("");
  });

Version mapping

This gem is merely a wrapper around ZeroClipboard. The mapping between the gem version and the version of the underlying ZeroClipboard code is as follows:

`zeroclipboard-rails` gem version	`ZeroClipboard` version	Notes
`0.0.3`	`1.1.7`	Includes workaround for CSS zoom bug
`0.0.4`	`1.1.7`	Includes workaround for CSS zoom bug
`0.0.5`	`1.1.7`	Includes workaround for CSS zoom bug
`0.0.6`	`1.1.7`	Includes workaround for CSS zoom bug
`0.0.7`	`1.1.7`	Includes workaround for CSS zoom bug
`0.0.8`	`1.2.2`
`0.0.9`	`1.2.3`
`0.0.10`	`1.2.3`
`0.0.11`	`1.3.1`
`0.0.12`	`1.3.1`	Fix deprecation warning - @markrickert
`0.0.13`	`1.3.5`
`0.1.0`	`2.1.2`	Switch to new zeroclipboard.js major version, see their releases
`0.1.1`	`2.2.0`

Credits

Credits entirely to the team behind ZeroClipboard

Contributing

Fork it
Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Added some feature')
Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
Create new Pull Request