you cant.. unfortunatelly. the code is looking only for a segment of code related to whatever variable you select (in our case [high]<pre[/high]), to paste it. if you select ather area, it will paste everything, including the html code. i would make more clear the message:
[high](double-click the code segment to copy to clipboard)[/high] or something like that...

if you dont click on the actual code, it will not work. talking abot this, how can we remove the space? if you click on the first line (even is it's outside the text), in your example, it works. in the empty space below, it doesnt. VB adds some extra space there... only in CODE and PHP. maybe you can tell us here firefly how to remove this pesky space in both CODE and PHP.. it is not very estethic..

I was thinking of maybe giving every <pre> a unique ID (per page of course), and then instead of "this" in the JS use that ID.

[high]* FireFly beats the system. ;)
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Ok, I got it to work with my hack (PHP and stuff in boxes) that you can click the table and not just the text.

Instead of replacing <pre I replace this:
With the same code only with added JavaScript.

good job firefly, as usual.. ;)
so if i understand corectly.. you fall in love with me?? hehe

Thanks for this hack nakkid.

Cool nakkid :D

I can't seem to get it to work on my 2.2.5
every time i click it copies the entire post!
and gives me 3 CopyBoxes !!!
HELP :)

you have firefly's hack installed?
check his post here, related to this issue. he tells you how to edit properly the html code.

very useful hack~~

thankz ur great work~~

nakkid:

Is there anyway to incorporate this in with the quotereply template so when someone clicks on the quote icon the text that is in the post is copied to the clipboard?

So instead of putting the that this template puts into a new post it would just copy $pagetext to the clipboard? That way it when they go to reply and the page won't load they haven't lost what they just typed. Or better yet it would be cool if it was a feature that when they typed a message it would just copy the contents to the clipboard and then you could just cut and paste. The information copied to the clipboard would change each time you posted a new message.

Just a thought.

Parker