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Copy button

Copies a value, and the icon and label roll over to say it worked, or that the browser said no.

Adapted from Watermelon UI (MIT) and rewritten with keyboard support, labels and reduced motion.

Preview

Usage

copy-button-demo.tsx
import { CopyButton } from '@/components/copy-button'

export default function CopyButtonDemo() {
  return (
    <div className="flex items-center justify-center gap-3">
      <code className="rounded-xl bg-muted px-3 py-2.5 font-mono text-sm">SPRING-25</code>
      <CopyButton value="SPRING-25" />
    </div>
  )
}

Source

copy-button.tsx
// Based on Watermelon UI's “Copy confirm” (MIT, © 2026 Watermelon Platform Contributors,
// github.com/WatermelonCorp/watermelon-platform). Rewritten to handle a refused clipboard.
import { Check, Copy, X } from 'lucide-react'
import { AnimatePresence, MotionConfig, motion } from 'motion/react'
import { useEffect, useState } from 'react'
import { cn } from '@/lib/utils'

type State = 'idle' | 'copied' | 'failed'

export type CopyButtonProps = {
  /** The text that lands on the clipboard. */
  value: string
  labels?: { copy?: string; copied?: string; failed?: string }
  className?: string
}

/** Copies a value, and the label and icon roll over to say it worked (or that the browser said no). */
export function CopyButton({ value, labels = {}, className }: CopyButtonProps) {
  const { copy = 'Copy', copied = 'Copied', failed = 'Not copied' } = labels
  const [state, setState] = useState<State>('idle')

  useEffect(() => {
    if (state === 'idle') return
    const t = setTimeout(() => setState('idle'), 1800)
    return () => clearTimeout(t)
  }, [state])

  const run = async () => {
    try {
      await navigator.clipboard.writeText(value)
      setState('copied')
    } catch {
      setState('failed')
    }
  }

  const text = { idle: copy, copied, failed }[state]
  const Icon = { idle: Copy, copied: Check, failed: X }[state]

  return (
    <MotionConfig reducedMotion="user">
      <motion.button
        type="button"
        onClick={run}
        whileTap={{ scale: 0.97 }}
        className={cn(
          'inline-flex min-h-11 items-center gap-2 rounded-full px-4 text-sm font-medium transition-colors duration-300',
          state === 'copied' ? 'bg-emerald-600 text-white' : state === 'failed' ? 'bg-destructive text-white' : 'bg-primary text-primary-foreground',
          className,
        )}
      >
        <AnimatePresence mode="popLayout" initial={false}>
          <motion.span
            key={state}
            initial={{ opacity: 0, scale: 0.3, filter: 'blur(4px)' }}
            animate={{ opacity: 1, scale: 1, filter: 'blur(0px)' }}
            exit={{ opacity: 0, scale: 0.3, filter: 'blur(4px)' }}
            transition={{ type: 'spring', duration: 0.3, bounce: 0 }}
          >
            <Icon className="size-4" aria-hidden />
          </motion.span>
        </AnimatePresence>
        <span className="relative inline-flex" aria-live="polite">
          <AnimatePresence mode="popLayout" initial={false}>
            <motion.span key={text} className="inline-flex">
              {text.split('').map((ch, i) => (
                <motion.span
                  key={i}
                  initial={{ opacity: 0, y: 6, scale: 0.7 }}
                  animate={{ opacity: 1, y: 0, scale: 1, transition: { type: 'spring', stiffness: 260, damping: 32, delay: i * 0.025 } }}
                  exit={{ opacity: 0, y: -6, scale: 0.7 }}
                  className="inline-block whitespace-pre"
                >
                  {ch}
                </motion.span>
              ))}
            </motion.span>
          </AnimatePresence>
        </span>
      </motion.button>
    </MotionConfig>
  )
}

Install

npx shadcn@latest add https://mikkelmanniche.dk/lab/r/copy-button.json

With the registry added (components.json)

npx shadcn@latest add @manniche/copy-button

Files

  • copy-button.tsx