How to copy TextAreaItem content to Clipboard

[karim]

sorry, if this is already been answered, but I could not find a post for this.

I have a TextAreaItem in a form that I need to copy its content(text) to the clipboard.

any suggestions?

[Isomorphic]

It's not reliably possible on all browsers. Many sites, including Google Docs, will offer a context menu that says "Cut" / "Copy" and so forth, but tha really just pops up a dialog that encourages the user to use keyboard shortcuts (Ctrl-C) for example.

[karim]

OK, but how come
textAreaItem.SelectValue() does not work?
The text within the item is not selected.