:warning: Author Warning :warning:

I added this wrapper to give access to the zclip Jquery plugin. Nevertheless I can not recommend Zclip on complex projects. A better solution is to use the zeroclipboard-rails gem in addition with this script.

Zclip::Rails

Adds easy copytoclipboard functionality to your html-elements this is done by including the Jquery zClip libary to Rails 3.x.

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'zclip-rails'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Add this line to your application.js:

//= require zclip

Usage

Add an element (button, input, div, span etc.) somewhere in your .erb template e.g.:

<button type="button" id="copy-some-txt">example</button>

Add this in some required js file of your app:

$('#copy-some-txt').zclip({
    copy: "this is the text to copy"
});

Supply custom callback functions

$('#copy-some-txt').zclip({
    copy: "this is the text to copy",
    beforeCopy: function() {
      alert("I am going to copy some text to your clipboard");
    },
    afterCopy: function() {
      alert("done");
    }
});

Settings

Settings
Variable	Default Value	Available Values
copy *	null	any string, or any javascript expression or function that returns a string
afterCopy	null	specify a function to call after text is copied. (your afterCopy function will overwrite the default alert box.)
beforeCopy	null	specify a function to call before text is copied.
clickAfter	true	true false
setHandCursor	true	true false
setCSSEffects	true	true false
* required

Notes

Proper CSS effects

zClip is a flash overlay, so it must provide the target element with "hover" and "active" classes to simulate native :hover and :active states. Be sure to write your CSS as follows for best results:

a:hover, a.hover {...}
a:active, a.active {...}

$('a.copy').zclip('show'); // enable zClip on the selected element

$('a.copy').zclip('hide'); // hide zClip on the selected element

$('a.copy').zclip('remove'); // remove zClip from the selected element

Requirements

• jquery
• Rails 3.x

Browsersupport

The Zero Clipboard Library has been tested on the following browsers / platforms:

Browser	Windows XP SP3	Windows Vista	Mac OS X Leopard
Internet Exploder	7.0	7.0	-
Firefox	3.0	3.0	3.0
Safari	-	-	3.0
Google Chrome	1.0	1.0	-

Adobe Flash Flash Player versions 9 and 10 are supported.

TODO

• Write a gem tests

Credits

• Thanks to Joseph Huckaby for writing the zeroclipboard libary.

• Thanks to steamdev.com for writing the jQuery wrapper.

• Thanks to all the contributers to this Project.

Contributing

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