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.
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// 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
});
});
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// HTML
<input class="copy-ids" type="button" value="Copier les ids"/>
<textarea class="paste-ids"></textarea>