Tabulator copyToClipboard method isn't working as anticipated - copy-paste

Question

I am new to the Tabulator plug-in and I am attempting to copy data from one table to another using the Tabulator copyToClipboard method but with no success.
In my application I have created eleven <div> elements (one for the [Crew Leader] and one each for up to ten [Crew Members]) to serve as containers for the Tabulator tables to be instantiated. I am hoping to copy data from the [Crew Leader] table and paste it into each of the affected [Crew Member] tables thus mitigating data re-entry. This sequence of copy/paste events is triggered by the click event bound to a <button> in the header of the [Crew Leader] table. The following function is called by the <button> click event:
function CloneTable() {
// Verify the [Crew Leader] Tabulator table is present....
var tableLeader = Tabulator.prototype.findTable("#CrewLeaderTable");
if (tableLeader.length > 0) {
alert("The Tabulator table #CrewLeaderTable was found.\ntable.length = " + tableLeader.length);
tableLeader.copyToClipboard("all");
alert("The table contents were copied to the clipboard.");
}
else {
alert("The Tabulator table #CrewLeaderTable was not found.");
}
}
The first alert message verifies that the #CrewLeaderTable object has been found as anticipated. However, the second alert verification is never received thus indicating failure of the Tabulator copyToClipboard method.
I have read through as much of the relevant Tabulator documentation as I can find and I am hoping I have simply overlooked something in my setup.
The following is a copy of my Tabulator constructor:
var table = new Tabulator(divid, {
height: "100%",
layout: "fitDataFill",
movableRows: true, //enable user movable rows
tabEndNewRow: true, //create empty new row on tab
rowContextMenu: myActionContextMenu,
keybindings: {
"navUp": true, //enable navUp keybinding using the "up arrow" key
"navDown": true, //enable navDown keybinding using the "down arrow" key
},
columns: [
{ title: "Phase Code", field: "phaseCode", width: 144, editor: "select", editorParams: { values: function (cell) { return window.laborPhaseCodes; } } },
{ title: "Date Worked", field: "dateComp", hozAlign: "center", sorter: "date", editor: dateEditor },
{ title: "Start Time", field: "timeStart", hozAlign: "center", sorter: "time", editor: timeEditor },
{ title: "Finish Time", field: "timeFinish", hozAlign: "center", sorter: "time", editor: timeEditor },
{ title: "Memo", field: "memo", width: 144, hozAlign: "left", editor: "input" },
{ title: "<button type='button' id='btnClone' class='btn btn-success btn-sm py-0' style='font-size:10px;'>Clone</button>", headerSort: false, headerClick: tabCloneTable }
],
cellEdited: function (cell) {
}
});
I have spent a couple of days trying to figure out the best way to "clone" the data from one table into another. The Tabulator documentation is fairly comprehensive but I fear I have overlooked something. Any assistance is greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

It looks like copyToClipboard doesn't return the data, it is maintained internally and not accessible. But, with what you are doing set/getData works fine.
Here is an example, https://jsfiddle.net/nrayburn/19sjg74k/7/.
Basically, what you want to do is call getData on the parent table and setData on the child table.
const crewLeaderTable = Tabulator.prototype.findTable('#CrewLeaderTable')[0];
const crewMemberTable = Tabulator.prototype.findTable('#CrewMember1Table')[0];
const crewLeaderData = crewLeaderTable.getData();
// You could also use replaceData or addData, depending on the requirements
crewMemberTable.setData(crewLeaderData);