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title: How to Copy Text from an ItemTemplate
description: Learn how to allow users to copy text from the ItemTemplate in the AutoComplete for Blazor component.
type: how-to
page_title: How to Enable Text Copy in AutoComplete Dropdown Blazor
slug: autocomplete-kb-copy-text-itemtemplate
tags: autocomplete, blazor, itemtemplate, clipboard, text, copy, paste
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tags: autocomplete, blazor, itemtemplate, clipboard, text, copy, paste
tags: blazor, autocomplete, itemtemplate, clipboard, copy, paste

res_type: kb
ticketid: 1689288
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## Environment

<table>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>Product</td>
<td>AutoComplete for Blazor</td>
<td>DropDownList for Blazor</td>
<td>ComboBox for Blazor</td>
<td>MultiSelect for Blazor</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>

## Description

I want to allow users to copy the text from the dropdown list in the [AutoComplete component](slug:autocomplete-overview).

## Solution

To enable text copying from the dropdown list in the AutoComplete, use the `ItemTemplate` to display the desired text alongside a button that uses JavaScript and the Clipboard API for copying. Here’s an example implementation:

````RAZOR
@inject IJSRuntime JS

<style>
.copy-button {
margin-left: 8px;
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Use a gap style on the flex div instead

}
</style>

<TelerikAutoComplete Data="@AutoCompleteData" @bind-Value="@Role" Placeholder="Write your position">
<ItemTemplate>
@{
var text = context.ToString();
}
<div style="display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: space-between;">
<strong>@text</strong>
<TelerikButton OnClick="@(() => CopyToClipboard(text))" Class="copy-button" Icon="@SvgIcon.Copy" FillMode="@ThemeConstants.Button.FillMode.Outline" />
</div>
</ItemTemplate>
</TelerikAutoComplete>

@code {
private string Role { get; set; }
private List<string> AutoCompleteData { get; set; }
private List<string> SourceData { get; set; } = new List<string> { "Manager", "Developer", "QA", "Technical Writer", "Support Engineer", "Sales Agent", "Architect", "Designer" };

protected override void OnInitialized()
{
AutoCompleteData = SourceData;
}

private void OnCheckBoxChangeHandler()
{
AutoCompleteData = new List<string>(SourceData);
}

private async Task CopyToClipboard(string text)
{
await JS.InvokeVoidAsync("navigator.clipboard.writeText", text);
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Add a check if this functionality is allowed by the browser to avoid crashes due to missing permissions.

}
}
````

## See Also

* [AutoComplete Documentation](slug:autocomplete-overview)
* [Clipboard API Documentation](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Clipboard_API)
* [Blazor JavaScript Interoperability](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/blazor/javascript-interoperability)