How do I simulate keyboard action

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- Waltan
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Keyboard object has no actions. How do I simulate action of some combination?

I want to make automatic text saving to clipboard. If there is no way to just put text in clipboard ( discussed here ), then I want to try this trick:

1. User presses "Save to clipboard" button

2. System focuses on a hidden textbox

3. System simulates "Ctrl + A" combinaion

4. System simulates "Ctrl + C" combination

Done!

What do you think? If it possible to make?
- Waltan
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- spongehammer
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Maybe you could use some javascript to do it.
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- R0J0hound
- - Joined 15 Jun, 2009
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Browsers don't seem to let you simulate key presses.

The simplest way to get text to the clipboard would be this js, but it still requires the user to press ctrl-c enter.

"window.prompt('Copy to clipboard: Ctrl+C, Enter', 'what');"

All other solutions I've tried aren't working or are IE only. One that I haven't tried is ZeroClipboard which uses flash to access the clipboard, but it still requires the user to click. Also since it uses flash it won't work on android/ios.