In the console windows of both Chrome and Firefox on Mac I can execute
copy("party in your clipboard!");
and the text gets copied to my clipboard. I have searched SO and Google and can't seem to find anything on this.
- Are these specific to each browser?
- Where can I find more information on these JavaScript functions?
Browser versions:
JavaScript returned from Chrome console when executing 'copy'
function (object)
{
if (injectedScript._type(object) === "node") {
var nodeId = InjectedScriptHost.pushNodePathToFrontend(object, false, false);
InjectedScriptHost.copyNode(nodeId);
} else
InjectedScriptHost.copyText(object);
}
- What does this code mean?
Here are 2 screenshots of executing copy function in Chrome console with all chrome extensions disabled
Source: Tips4all
I believe these are predefined Firebug console functions - at least that seems to be the case for Firebug. If you try calling window.copy for instance, you'll get a warning about function not defined, so it's definitely not a browser function, and cannot be used in normal JavaScript files. The following functions also seems to work in the JavaScript console, after playing around with it a bit:
ReplyDeleteclear()
profile()
Running these in the Chrome console reveals the source behind these functions in the Webkit console:
> profile
function ()
{
return console.profile.apply(console, arguments)
}
> clear
function ()
{
InjectedScriptHost.clearConsoleMessages();
}
> copy
function (object)
{
if (injectedScript._type(object) === "node")
object = object.outerHTML;
InjectedScriptHost.copyText(object);
}
While the Firebug source also defines a list of functions:
this.clear = function() // no web page interaction
{
Firebug.Console.clear(context);
};
this.inspect = function(obj, panelName) // no web page interaction
{
Firebug.chrome.select(obj, panelName);
};
this.keys = function(o)
{
return FBL.keys(o); // the object is from the page, unwrapped
};
this.values = function(o)
{
return FBL.values(o); // the object is from the page, unwrapped
};
// etc...