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+title: "Copy to Clipboard in Servicenow"
+description: "A simple snippet for copying fields or other values to clipboard from a UI Action in ServiceNow"
+tags: ["ServiceNow", "Javascript"]
+date: 2024-03-22T14:10:35+01:00
+draft: false
+---
+
+Recently I was asked to find a way for users to easily create a string consisting of the task number and short description that they could paste into the time management software. In this short article we're going to take a look at how we can copy something to your system clipboard from a UI Action in ServiceNow.
+
+<!--more-->
+
+## The snippet
+
+```javascript
+if (navigator.clipboard.writeText) {
+    var number = g_form.getValue('number');
+    var short_description = g_form.getValue('short_description');
+    navigator.clipboard.writeText(number + " - " + short_description).then(function() {
+        console.log("Copied!");
+    });
+}
+```
+
+The `if` condition check wether your browser supports this function. Then we retrieve the value of fields `number` and `short_description` using `g_form`. Lastly we asynchronously write the the string to system clipboard. The `navigator.clipboard.writeText` is a native Javascript function and can be used on other sites aswell.