conscious-sapphire•11mo ago

Implementing a Copy Text button

Hi all, I am wanting to implement a "Copy Text" button for my agent's responses, exactly like the functionality on ChatGPT (see screenshot). What is the best way to go about this? Any guidance would be super helpful as I am not a developer by trade but more of just a hobbyist 🙂 Thanks so much!

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Tico | Voiceflow Assistant•11mo ago

To implement a "Copy Text" button for your agent's responses in Voiceflow, you can follow these steps. This approach involves adding a button that users can click to copy text to their clipboard. Here's a simple way to achieve this using JavaScript: 1. Create a Button in Your Chat Interface: - Use the Button Step in Voiceflow to create a button that will trigger the copy action. You can label this button as "Copy Text". 2. Add JavaScript for Copy Functionality: - You will need to add a small JavaScript snippet to your website where the Voiceflow Web Chat is embedded. This script will handle the copy action when the button is clicked. 3. JavaScript Example:

   // Function to copy text to clipboard
   function copyToClipboard(text) {
     const textArea = document.createElement('textarea');
     textArea.value = text;
     document.body.appendChild(textArea);
     textArea.select();
     document.execCommand('copy');
     document.body.removeChild(textArea);
     alert('Text copied to clipboard!');
   }

   // Example usage: Attach this function to your button's click event
   document.getElementById('copyButton').addEventListener('click', function() {
     const textToCopy = 'Your agent response text here';
     copyToClipboard(textToCopy);
   });

   // Function to copy text to clipboard
   function copyToClipboard(text) {
     const textArea = document.createElement('textarea');
     textArea.value = text;
     document.body.appendChild(textArea);
     textArea.select();
     document.execCommand('copy');
     document.body.removeChild(textArea);
     alert('Text copied to clipboard!');
   }

   // Example usage: Attach this function to your button's click event
   document.getElementById('copyButton').addEventListener('click', function() {
     const textToCopy = 'Your agent response text here';
     copyToClipboard(textToCopy);
   });

4. Integrate with Voiceflow: - Ensure that your button in the Voiceflow chat interface has an ID or class that you can target with the JavaScript function. 5. Testing: - Test the functionality to ensure that clicking the "Copy Text" button successfully copies the desired text to the clipboard. This approach provides a basic implementation of a copy button. You may need to adjust the JavaScript code to fit the specific structure of your web page and Voiceflow integration. If you're not familiar with JavaScript, consider seeking help from a developer to ensure the script is correctly integrated and secure.

Implementing a Copy Text button

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