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In Safari Clipboard.WriteText() does not work in a button on_click callback #561

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@gdworkman

Hello,

I am attempting to create a button that copies some text to the user's clipboard. I have included a simplified version of the relevant code below:

put_scope("example_scope")
with use_scope("example_scope):
    put_button('Copy', onclick=example_copy_callback)

def example_copy_callback() -> None:
    text_to_copy = "Hello World"
    run_js("""navigator.clipboard.writeText(out).then(
        () => {
            console.log('Content copied to clipboard');
        }, (err) => {
            console.error('Failed to copy: ', err);
        });""", out = text_to_copy
    )

This is working in both Chrome and Firefox, however with Safari I am getting the following error:
Failed to copy: – NotAllowedError: The request is not allowed by the user agent or the platform in the current context, possibly because the user denied permission.

I believe this has something to do with the fact that in Safari, clipboard.writeText() must be called within user gesture event handlers such as pointerdown or pointerup (source). Unfortunately, I am a noob when it comes to javascript and web development, and I am not clear on how this detail would interact with the underlying onclick callback and run_js() method of PyWebIO.

Any insight into why this is failing or viable workarounds would be greatly appreciated!

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