You can select all the text in a textarea, and also fill it with the variable you want before. The textarea need to be visible for the text to be selected, and you can't juste hide it just after.
////////////////////////////////////// // Javascript $(document).ready(function() { $('.copy-ids').on('click', function(e) { var to_copy = ''; $('.id_to_copy').each(function(index) { to_copy = to_copy + $(this).html() + ' ; '; }); $('.paste-ids').html(to_copy).css('visibility', 'visible'); $('.paste-ids')[0].select(); document.execCommand("copy"); // TODO : indicateur visuel }); }); ////////////////////////////////////// // HTML <input class="copy-ids" type="button" value="Copier les ids"/> <textarea class="paste-ids"></textarea>