Make text copy on click

thepaperpilot · July 13, 2026, 6:05pm

This library registers a syntax to make text copy itself on click. This is useful for “preset messages”, codes, or other pieces of text that are expected to be copied frequently. I wanted to avoid the current way in SB to make copyable text: code blocks, which render as markdown and don't wrap to new lines.

The syntax is bbcode-inspired:

[copy]Click to copy me![/copy]

Install it here:

github.com/thepaperpilot/silverbullet-libraries

Library/thepaperpilot/Copyable.md

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---
name: "Library/thepaperpilot/Copyable"
tags: meta/library
---
This library registers a syntax to make text copy itself on click. This is useful for “preset messages”, codes, or other pieces of text that are expected to be copied frequently.

It makes text like this:

```
[copy]Click to copy me![/copy]
```

Render as this:

[copy]Click to copy me![/copy]

## Implementation

```space-lua
local function renderCopyOnClick(body)

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Mr.Red · July 14, 2026, 3:00pm

Love it !

May I suggest a tiny little modification, a quality of life UX improvement?

Add
editor.flashNotification("Copied to clipboard.")

to the function after

js.window.navigator.clipboard.writeText(body)

so it gives a little feedback that the text been copied

thepaperpilot · July 14, 2026, 5:00pm

added. I'd been thinking about it myself and was conflicted because I'll use this primarily on mobile, which already has a os-level little clipboard popup, but to my knowledge no mainstream desktop os has an equivalent feature