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Copy div text content using javascript/jQuery

There are quite a few posts on this but after spending several hours trying to adapt the solutions that already exist, it's become clear to me that this is a little bit more complicated.
I'm attempting to create 'copy to clipboard' functionality so that our users can copy their serial number with a single click (I managed to achieve this functionality with 2 different solutions) but there's a major catch.
As the serial number is generated dynamically using a shortcode I cannot place it inside a HTML 'text'/'value' field, like so:
<input id="serial" value="[shortcode here]">
as this breaks the shortcode, so it has to be placed inside it's own div, which I have done like this:
<div id="serial">[shortcode here]</div>
This outputs the shortcode on the page with the direct parent ID of 'serial', so the JS I'm using should then select the text from the element ID - #serial.
Unfortunately it doesn't...
I've tried to adapt this method also with no luck:
From the Roll Your Own section: https://www.sitepoint.com/javascript-copy-to-clipboard/
This one was working with with plain text but not with the shortcode or custom div.
Can anyone provide me with a working clipboard solution as shown in the example above that won't break the shortcode?

document.getElementById("copyButton").addEventListener("click", function() {
copyToClipboardMsg(document.getElementById("copyTarget"), "msg");
});
document.getElementById("copyButton2").addEventListener("click", function() {
copyToClipboardMsg(document.getElementById("copyTarget2"), "msg");
});
document.getElementById("pasteTarget").addEventListener("mousedown", function() {
this.value = "";
});
function copyToClipboardMsg(elem, msgElem) {
var succeed = copyToClipboard(elem);
var msg;
if (!succeed) {
msg = "Copy not supported or blocked. Press Ctrl+c to copy."
} else {
msg = "Text copied to the clipboard."
}
if (typeof msgElem === "string") {
msgElem = document.getElementById(msgElem);
}
msgElem.innerHTML = msg;
setTimeout(function() {
msgElem.innerHTML = "";
}, 2000);
}
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;
}
<input id="copyTarget" value="Some initial text"> <button id="copyButton">Copy</button><br><br>
<span id="copyTarget2">Some Other Text</span> <button id="copyButton2">Copy</button><br><br>
<input id="pasteTarget"> Click in this Field and hit Ctrl+V to see what is on clipboard<br><br>
<span id="msg"></span><br>
Would you please try above snippet?

Second #pruvik7373 answer
I think [shortcode] may contain some code which can translate into anything else so instead of using textContent use innerHTML it will make sure to copy everything as it is.
document.getElementById("copyButton").addEventListener("click", function() {
copyToClipboardMsg(document.getElementById("copyTarget"), "msg");
});
document.getElementById("copyButton2").addEventListener("click", function() {
copyToClipboardMsg(document.getElementById("serial"), "msg");
});
document.getElementById("pasteTarget").addEventListener("mousedown", function() {
this.value = "";
});
function copyToClipboardMsg(elem, msgElem) {
var succeed = copyToClipboard(elem);
var msg;
if (!succeed) {
msg = "Copy not supported or blocked. Press Ctrl+c to copy."
} else {
msg = "Text copied to the clipboard."
}
if (typeof msgElem === "string") {
msgElem = document.getElementById(msgElem);
}
msgElem.innerHTML = msg;
setTimeout(function() {
msgElem.innerHTML = "";
}, 2000);
}
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.innerHTML;
}
// 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;
}
<input id="copyTarget" value="Some initial text"> <button id="copyButton">Copy</button><br><br>
<div id="serial"><div>[pw_map address="New York City"</div> enablescrollwheel="false" key="YOUR API KEY"]</div> <button id="copyButton2">Copy</button><br><br>
<input id="pasteTarget"> Click in this Field and hit Ctrl+V to see what is on clipboard<br><br>
<span id="msg"></span><br>

Below code did the trick for me.
Note: Below snippet might not work as window object is not accessible.
$(function() {
$('#serial').click(function() {
window.clipboardData.setData('text', $(this).text());
});
});
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div id="serial">[shortcode here]</div>

You can do it like:
<div id="serial">[shortcode here]</div>
<input id="some_other_id" type="text" />
And the javascript code:
//first get text from your div and put it inside input field
//then apply code to copy that text from input field
$(document).ready(function(){
var text = $("#serial").text();
$("#some_other_id").val(text);
//your code for copying text from input field goes here
});

Placeholder code used for IE8 causing dropdown login field to lose focus

I am using the below placeholder code for IE8, however about 70% of the time when you move your mouse around in the dropdown login field it loses focus (the whole dropdown login field vanishes); through debugging - when I remove this code the problem goes away - I have found the cause of the problem is this code:
Edit: I have found it isn't caused by any particular placeholder code, but it IS caused by some part of the process as I have tried 3 separate placeholder plugins and it happens on all 3 of them; take them away and no problems.
$(document).ready(function() {
if ( !("placeholder" in document.createElement("input")) ) {
$("input[placeholder], textarea[placeholder]").each(function() {
var val = $(this).attr("placeholder");
if ( this.value == "" ) {
this.value = val;
}
$(this).focus(function() {
if ( this.value == val ) {
this.value = "";
}
}).blur(function() {
if ( $.trim(this.value) == "" ) {
this.value = val;
}
})
});
// Clear default placeholder values on form submit
$('form').submit(function() {
$(this).find("input[placeholder], textarea[placeholder]").each(function() {
if ( this.value == $(this).attr("placeholder") ) {
this.value = "";
}
});
});
}
});
You can view an example here: http://condorstudios.com/stuff/temp/so/header-sample.php
Edit: Not sure if it will help as jsfiddle doesn't work on IE8 and I can't test if the fiddle behaves badly in IE8 too, but here is the fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/m8arw/7/
Any way to fix this?

Have you tried switching your event to show/hide dropdown to 'mouseenter' and 'mouseleave'?
It's a lot more reliable on old IE than 'focus' and 'blur' event. Also, bind the event directly on the 'dropdown' div is more preferable than on the 'input' element.
In short, please try change this part of your code like this.
$(function() {
var dropdown = $('div.login div.dropdown')
.on('mouseenter', function() {
dropdown.css('display', 'block');
})
.on('mouseleave', function() {
dropdown.removeAttr('style');
});
});

demo: http://so.devilmaycode.it/placeholder-code-used-for-ie8-causing-dropdown-login-field-to-lose-focus
$(function(){
$('#main_header .login li').hover(function(){
$(this).find('.dropdown').show();
},function(){
$(this).find('.dropdown').hide();
});
});
NOTE: i have also cleaned up and fixed some coding horror in your js code...

I use this code to implement placeholder on all browsers (it uses Modernizr to detect it):
Demo: http://jsfiddle.net/S3zQ9/
var placeholder_OnBlur = function () {
var input = $(this);
if (input.val() == '' || input.val() == input.attr('placeholder')) {
input.addClass('placeholder');
input.val(input.attr('placeholder'));
}
};
var placeholder_OnFocus = function () {
var input = $(this);
if (input.val() == input.attr('placeholder')) {
input.val('');
input.removeClass('placeholder');
}
};
var placeholder_OnSubmit = function () {
$(this).find('[placeholder]').each(function () {
var input = $(this);
if (input.val() == input.attr('placeholder')) {
input.val('');
}
});
};
var placeholder_OnLoad = function () {
if (!!$(this).attr('placeholder')) {
$(this).on('focus', placeholder_OnFocus);
$(this).on('blur', placeholder_OnBlur);
$(this).parents('form').on('submit', placeholder_OnSubmit);
$(this).blur();
}
};
if (!Modernizr.input.placeholder) {
$('[placeholder]').each(placeholder_OnLoad);
}
Don't have IE8 to test it, but it should work.

Is there a function to deselect all text using JavaScript?

Is there a function in javascript to just deselect all selected text? I figure it's got to be a simple global function like document.body.deselectAll(); or something.

Try this:
function clearSelection()
{
if (window.getSelection) {window.getSelection().removeAllRanges();}
else if (document.selection) {document.selection.empty();}
}
This will clear a selection in regular HTML content in any major browser. It won't clear a selection in a text input or <textarea> in Firefox.

Here's a version that will clear any selection, including within text inputs and textareas:
Demo: http://jsfiddle.net/SLQpM/23/
function clearSelection() {
var sel;
if ( (sel = document.selection) && sel.empty ) {
sel.empty();
} else {
if (window.getSelection) {
window.getSelection().removeAllRanges();
}
var activeEl = document.activeElement;
if (activeEl) {
var tagName = activeEl.nodeName.toLowerCase();
if ( tagName == "textarea" ||
(tagName == "input" && activeEl.type == "text") ) {
// Collapse the selection to the end
activeEl.selectionStart = activeEl.selectionEnd;
}
}
}
}

For Internet Explorer, you can use the empty method of the document.selection object:
document.selection.empty();
For a cross-browser solution, see this answer:
Clear a selection in Firefox

This worked incredibly easier for me ...
document.getSelection().collapseToEnd()
or
document.getSelection().removeAllRanges()
Credits: https://riptutorial.com/javascript/example/9410/deselect-everything-that-is-selected

For a textarea element with at least 10 characters the following will make a small selection and then after a second and a half deselect it:
var t = document.getElementById('textarea_element');
t.focus();
t.selectionStart = 4;
t.selectionEnd = 8;
setTimeout(function()
{
t.selectionStart = 4;
t.selectionEnd = 4;
},1500);

Javascript: How to detect if a word is highlighted

I'm writing a Firefox addon that is triggered whenever a word is highlighted. However I need a script that detects when a word is highlighted, and I'm stuck. An example would be nytimes.com (when you're reading an article and you highlight a word, the reference icon pops up). However the nytimes.com script is super complex. I'm 16 and not much of a programmer, so that is definitely way out of my league.

The easiest way to do this is to detect mouseup and keyup events on the document and check whether any text is selected. The following will work in all major browsers.
Example: http://www.jsfiddle.net/timdown/SW54T/
function getSelectedText() {
var text = "";
if (typeof window.getSelection != "undefined") {
text = window.getSelection().toString();
} else if (typeof document.selection != "undefined" && document.selection.type == "Text") {
text = document.selection.createRange().text;
}
return text;
}
function doSomethingWithSelectedText() {
var selectedText = getSelectedText();
if (selectedText) {
alert("Got selected text " + selectedText);
}
}
document.onmouseup = doSomethingWithSelectedText;
document.onkeyup = doSomethingWithSelectedText;

Here is a script:
<script>
function getSelText()
{
    var txt = '';
    if (window.getSelection)
    {
        txt = window.getSelection();
    }
    else if (document.getSelection)
    {
        txt = document.getSelection();
    }
    else if (document.selection)
    {
        txt = document.selection.createRange().text;
    }
    else return;
document.aform.selectedtext.value = txt;
}
</script>
<input type="button" value="Get selection" onmousedown="getSelText()">
<form name="aform">
<textarea name="selectedtext" rows="5" cols="20"></textarea>
</form>
Courtesy of Code Toad:
http://www.codetoad.com/javascript_get_selected_text.asp
In your case, you would want to call this script when the selection is made, and then you can process it however you wish, with an AJAX request to get relevant information for example, like NYtimes probably does.

In my case I wanted to be able to either highlight a text in a row of the and click in the row and send me to other route like "/entity/:id";
I created one function that detects the mouse is highlighting some text:
export const isHighlighting = () => {
// detects mouse is highlighting a text
return window.getSelection && window.getSelection().type === 'Range';
};
then I added this to the row of the
const handleClick = (id) => {
if (!isHighlighting() {
history.push(`/entity/${id}`)
}
}
{data.map((item) => (
<tr>
<td onClick={() => handleClick(item.id)}>{item.name}</>
</tr>
))}
in this way the user can hightlight then name field or click somewhere else and goes to "/entity/:id"

Using rangy.js and jQuery:
$('#elem').on('keyup mouseup', function(){
var sel = rangy.getSelection()
if (sel.rangeCount === 0 || sel.isCollapsed) return
alert(sel.toString())
})

jquery: select text event

is it possible that when user selected some text(non textarea nor input), jquery can call my callback to let me know which div's text is selected, and if the select focus is lost also call my callback?
Thanks.

Somewhat surprisingly, there's no simple way to do this. IE has a select event that is implemented on all elements but other browsers have never extended this beyond inputs. You'll have to handle keyup and mouseup events on the whole document, and even then, your callback may well be called when the selection hasn't actually changed.
UPDATE 13 OCTOBER 2013
WebKit browsers have supported the selectionchange event on Document nodes for a couple of years. IE also supports this event back to version 5.5. Example:
document.onselectionchange = function() {
console.log("Selection changed");
};
Here's a simple example:
function selectCallback(selectionParentElement) {
console.log("Selecting, parent element is " + selectionParentElement.nodeName);
}
var mouseOrKeyUpHandler;
if (typeof window.getSelection != "undefined") {
// Non-IE
mouseOrKeyUpHandler = function() {
var sel = window.getSelection();
if (sel.rangeCount > 0) {
var range = sel.getRangeAt(0);
if (range.toString()) {
var selParentEl = range.commonAncestorContainer;
if (selParentEl.nodeType == 3) {
selParentEl = selParentEl.parentNode;
}
selectCallback(selParentEl);
}
}
};
} else if (typeof document.selection != "undefined") {
// IE
mouseOrKeyUpHandler = function() {
var sel = document.selection;
if (sel.type == "Text") {
var textRange = sel.createRange();
if (textRange.text != "") {
selectCallback(textRange.parentElement());
}
}
};
}
document.onmouseup = mouseOrKeyUpHandler;
document.onkeyup = mouseOrKeyUpHandler;

you can use this
use <ELEMENT ondrag = "handler(event);" >
object.addEventListener( "drag", handler, bCapture);