I struggled for hours to find out how to make a javascript function to copy the current URL into a new alert window. For example, when a user click "Share this page", then a new alert window appears with the URL selected in an input text box:

How can I make it done with javascript?

Thanks.

I struggled for hours to find out how to make a javascript function to copy the current URL into a new alert window. For example, when a user click "Share this page", then a new alert window appears with the URL selected in an input text box:

How can I make it done with javascript?

Thanks.

• javascript
• jquery

4 Answers 4

As simple as this:

prompt('Please copy the following URL:', window.location);

prompt('Please copy the following URL', window.location.href)

For a better user experience you may consider allowing access to the clipboard with clipboard.js.

You can use the simple snippet code, window.location as the second param in prompt.

window.copyURL = function(){
prompt("Press [Ctrl + c] to copy the url :",window.location);
}

<button onclick="copyURL()">Copy URL </button>