fix: support clipboard copy on private HTTP origins

.changeset/chat-copy-insecure-contexts.md

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@jmfederico/pi-web": patch
+---
+
+Allow chat copy buttons to work from HTTP private-network addresses by falling back when the browser Clipboard API is unavailable.

src/client/src/clipboard.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+import { describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+import { writeClipboardText } from "./clipboard";
+
+describe("writeClipboardText", () => {
+  it("uses the synchronous fallback directly in insecure contexts", async () => {
+    const writeText = vi.fn(() => Promise.resolve());
+    const fallbackWriteText = vi.fn(() => true);
+
+    const copied = await writeClipboardText("hello", { isSecureContext: false, writeText, fallbackWriteText });
+
+    expect(copied).toBe(true);
+    expect(writeText).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(fallbackWriteText).toHaveBeenCalledWith("hello");
+  });
+
+  it("uses the async Clipboard API in secure contexts", async () => {
+    const writeText = vi.fn(() => Promise.resolve());
+    const fallbackWriteText = vi.fn(() => true);
+
+    const copied = await writeClipboardText("hello", { isSecureContext: true, writeText, fallbackWriteText });
+
+    expect(copied).toBe(true);
+    expect(writeText).toHaveBeenCalledWith("hello");
+    expect(fallbackWriteText).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it("falls back when the async Clipboard API is unavailable", async () => {
+    const fallbackWriteText = vi.fn(() => true);
+
+    const copied = await writeClipboardText("hello", { isSecureContext: true, fallbackWriteText });
+
+    expect(copied).toBe(true);
+    expect(fallbackWriteText).toHaveBeenCalledWith("hello");
+  });
+
+  it("falls back when the async Clipboard API rejects", async () => {
+    const writeText = vi.fn(() => Promise.reject(new Error("denied")));
+    const fallbackWriteText = vi.fn(() => true);
+
+    const copied = await writeClipboardText("hello", { isSecureContext: true, writeText, fallbackWriteText });
+
+    expect(copied).toBe(true);
+    expect(writeText).toHaveBeenCalledWith("hello");
+    expect(fallbackWriteText).toHaveBeenCalledWith("hello");
+  });
+});

src/client/src/clipboard.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+export interface ClipboardTextWriteHost {
+  readonly isSecureContext: boolean;
+  readonly writeText?: (text: string) => Promise<void>;
+  readonly fallbackWriteText: (text: string) => boolean;
+}
+
+export async function writeClipboardText(text: string, host: ClipboardTextWriteHost = browserClipboardTextWriteHost()): Promise<boolean> {
+  if (!host.isSecureContext) return host.fallbackWriteText(text);
+
+  if (host.writeText !== undefined) {
+    try {
+      await host.writeText(text);
+      return true;
+    } catch {
+      return host.fallbackWriteText(text);
+    }
+  }
+
+  return host.fallbackWriteText(text);
+}
+
+function browserClipboardTextWriteHost(): ClipboardTextWriteHost {
+  const fallbackWriteText = (text: string) => writeClipboardTextWithSelectionFallback(text);
+  const writeText = browserClipboardWriteText();
+  return writeText === undefined
+    ? { isSecureContext: browserIsSecureContext(), fallbackWriteText }
+    : { isSecureContext: browserIsSecureContext(), writeText, fallbackWriteText };
+}
+
+function browserIsSecureContext(): boolean {
+  return typeof window !== "undefined" && window.isSecureContext;
+}
+
+function browserClipboardWriteText(): ((text: string) => Promise<void>) | undefined {
+  if (typeof navigator === "undefined" || !("clipboard" in navigator)) return undefined;
+  return navigator.clipboard.writeText.bind(navigator.clipboard);
+}
+
+function writeClipboardTextWithSelectionFallback(text: string): boolean {
+  if (typeof document === "undefined") return false;
+
+  const activeElement = document.activeElement;
+  const selection = document.getSelection();
+  const selectedRanges = selection === null ? [] : selectionRanges(selection);
+  const textarea = document.createElement("textarea");
+  textarea.value = text;
+  textarea.readOnly = true;
+  textarea.setAttribute("aria-hidden", "true");
+  textarea.style.position = "fixed";
+  textarea.style.top = "0";
+  textarea.style.left = "-9999px";
+  textarea.style.width = "1px";
+  textarea.style.height = "1px";
+  textarea.style.padding = "0";
+  textarea.style.border = "0";
+  textarea.style.opacity = "0";
+  textarea.style.pointerEvents = "none";
+
+  document.body.append(textarea);
+  textarea.focus();
+  textarea.select();
+  textarea.setSelectionRange(0, textarea.value.length);
+
+  try {
+    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-deprecated -- Required for HTTP/private-network pages where navigator.clipboard is unavailable.
+    return document.execCommand("copy");
+  } catch {
+    return false;
+  } finally {
+    textarea.remove();
+    restoreSelection(selection, selectedRanges);
+    restoreFocus(activeElement);
+  }
+}
+
+function selectionRanges(selection: Selection): Range[] {
+  const ranges: Range[] = [];
+  for (let index = 0; index < selection.rangeCount; index += 1) {
+    ranges.push(selection.getRangeAt(index));
+  }
+  return ranges;
+}
+
+function restoreSelection(selection: Selection | null, ranges: readonly Range[]): void {
+  if (selection === null) return;
+  try {
+    selection.removeAllRanges();
+    for (const range of ranges) selection.addRange(range);
+  } catch {
+    // Restoring the prior selection is best-effort; the copy result should remain authoritative.
+  }
+}
+
+function restoreFocus(element: Element | null): void {
+  if (typeof HTMLElement === "undefined" || !(element instanceof HTMLElement)) return;
+  try {
+    element.focus({ preventScroll: true });
+  } catch {
+    element.focus();
+  }
+}

src/client/src/components/ChatView.ts

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { customElement, property, query, state } from "lit/decorators.js";
 import { repeat } from "lit/directives/repeat.js";
 import { ChatDisclosureController } from "../chatDisclosure";
 import { groupChatMessages, summarizeChatGroup, type ChatGroup } from "../chatGroups";
+import { writeClipboardText } from "../clipboard";
 import { capturePrependScrollAnchor, PREPEND_RESTORE_SETTLE_FRAMES, restorePrependScrollAnchor, type PrependScrollAnchor } from "../chatScrollAnchoring";
 import { shouldRequestEarlierMessages } from "../chatHistoryLoading";
 import { ChatScrollController, distanceFromScrollBottom, findFirstVisibleArticle, isNearScrollBottom, type ChatAnchorScrollPosition, type ChatScrollRestoreResult } from "../chatScrollPosition";
@@ -438,22 +439,14 @@ export class ChatView extends LitElement {
 
   private async copyMessage(message: ChatLine, key: string, event: MouseEvent): Promise<void> {
     event.stopPropagation();
-    const ok = await this.writeClipboard(this.messageCopyText(message));
+    const copied = await writeClipboardText(this.messageCopyText(message));
-    if (!ok) return;
+    if (!copied) return;
     this.copiedMessageKey = key;
     window.setTimeout(() => {
       if (this.copiedMessageKey === key) this.copiedMessageKey = undefined;
     }, 1200);
   }
 
-  private async writeClipboard(text: string): Promise<boolean> {
-    try {
-      await navigator.clipboard.writeText(text);
-      return true;
-    } catch {
-      return false;
-    }
-  }
 
   private messageMetaLabel(message: ChatLine): { short: string; full: string } {
     const cached = this.messageMetaCache.get(message);

src/client/src/components/FormattedText.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { LitElement, html } from "lit";
 import { customElement, property } from "lit/decorators.js";
 import { unsafeHTML } from "lit/directives/unsafe-html.js";
+import { writeClipboardText } from "../clipboard";
 import { toSafeMarkdownHtml } from "../formatting/markdown";
 import { formattedTextStyles } from "./shared";
 
@@ -49,8 +50,8 @@ export class FormattedText extends LitElement {
   };
 
   private async copyCode(text: string, button: HTMLButtonElement): Promise<void> {
-    const ok = await writeClipboard(text);
+    const copied = await writeClipboardText(text);
-    this.setCopyButtonState(button, ok ? "copied" : "failed");
+    this.setCopyButtonState(button, copied ? "copied" : "failed");
     window.setTimeout(() => {
       this.setCopyButtonState(button, "idle");
     }, 1200);
@@ -67,11 +68,3 @@ export class FormattedText extends LitElement {
   static override styles = formattedTextStyles;
 }
 
-async function writeClipboard(text: string): Promise<boolean> {
-  try {
-    await navigator.clipboard.writeText(text);
-    return true;
-  } catch {
-    return false;
-  }
-}

src/client/src/components/ToolExecutionView.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { LitElement, css, html } from "lit";
 import { customElement, property, state } from "lit/decorators.js";
+import { writeClipboardText } from "../clipboard";
 import type { ToolExecutionPart } from "./shared";
 
 const MAX_COLLAPSED_DIFF_LINES = 180;
@@ -115,13 +116,13 @@ export class ToolExecutionView extends LitElement {
   }
 
   private async copyDiff(diff: string): Promise<void> {
-    try {
+    const copied = await writeClipboardText(diff);
-      await navigator.clipboard.writeText(diff);
+    if (!copied) {
-      this.copied = true;
-      window.setTimeout(() => { this.copied = false; }, 1200);
-    } catch {
       this.copied = false;
+      return;
     }
+    this.copied = true;
+    window.setTimeout(() => { this.copied = false; }, 1200);
   }
 
   static override styles = css`