@cccalalo were you looking to have this done automatically? Does it work if you select it and then copy it?

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Yes, I was looking for a way to have it copied automatically. The user can highlight and copy the generated phrase, but I was trying to see if it could be done with just a press/click of a button.

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This will work. It seems like overkill to me but it's already written out and straight from StackOverflow. You can put this right in your JavaScript editor. ```javascript Qualtrics.SurveyEngine.addOnload(function() { jQuery('#CopyButton').click(function() { var copyText = document.getElementById("Phrase"); copyToClipboard(copyText); }); function copyToClipboard(elem) { // create hidden text element, if it doesn't already exist var targetId = "_hiddenCopyText_"; var isInput = elem.tagName === "INPUT" || elem.tagName === "TEXTAREA"; var origSelectionStart, origSelectionEnd; if (isInput) { // can just use the original source element for the selection and copy target = elem; origSelectionStart = elem.selectionStart; origSelectionEnd = elem.selectionEnd; } else { // must use a temporary form element for the selection and copy target = document.getElementById(targetId); if (!target) { var target = document.createElement("textarea"); target.style.position = "absolute"; target.style.left = "-9999px"; target.style.top = "0"; target.id = targetId; document.body.appendChild(target); } target.textContent = elem.textContent; } // select the content var currentFocus = document.activeElement; target.focus(); target.setSelectionRange(0, target.value.length); // copy the selection var succeed; try { succeed = document.execCommand("copy"); } catch(e) { succeed = false; } // restore original focus if (currentFocus && typeof currentFocus.focus === "function") { currentFocus.focus(); } if (isInput) { // restore prior selection elem.setSelectionRange(origSelectionStart, origSelectionEnd); } else { // clear temporary content target.textContent = ""; } return succeed; } }); ``` Make sure you have something like this in your HTML: ```html <span id="Phrase">Here is a phrase</span> <button id="CopyButton">Copy to Clipboard</button> ``` It will copy whatever is within that Phrase `span`. Working Example: https://qualtricssfi.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/preview/SV_0Am8zYfXK6gqQa9?Q_SurveyVersionID=current&Q_CHL=preview StackOverflow Question: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/22581345/click-button-copy-to-clipboard-using-jquery

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The java script along with the HTML code worked out great. Thank you.

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This worked great, but how can I preserve formatting? I'm not too great with javascript but was trying to add some version of '.val().trim().replace(/\\n/g, "
");' with no luck. Any suggestions.

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