# action.copy

Copies the short text beside it, like a command, as an icon alone sized to the line. It stays pressable inside a card its link covers

Component: [`<Action>`](https://www.prongs.dev/docs/components/action.md) · Renders: `<button>` · Profile: [UI](https://www.prongs.dev/docs/intents/ui.md)

## Example

```tsx
<Action intent="action.copy" onClick={clipboardItem}>Clipboard</Action>
```

Code that says `clipboard`, `command` points here. `prongs check` warns when an element with this intent has a handler or label that points somewhere else.

## Choosing between neighbours

Find the row that describes your element, and use the intent on the right.

| If it is for… | Use |
|---|---|
| Copies the short text beside it, like a command, as an icon alone sized to the line. It stays pressable inside a card its link covers | `action.copy` (this page) |
| Copying a link, or a whole code block | [`action.share`](https://www.prongs.dev/docs/intents/action/share.md) |

## Connections

Declared in the registry, both directions. Where an intent is used in your own code is something check and the gallery see; this site has no app code.

- Built from: [`control.quiet`](https://www.prongs.dev/docs/intents/ui.md#control-quiet)

## For registry authors

**Starter intents.** These are the intents `prongs add` puts in your registry, shown in this site’s theme. Yours are your own `registry.ts`: rename, restyle and add to them, and see them with `prongs add gallery`.

What this intent is built from and its entry in `components/prongs/registry.ts`. You only need this to change how it looks or to add an intent like it.

How action.copy resolves, and its definition

Each layer adds to the one before it; a later class wins over an earlier one that sets the same thing.

- [`control.base`](https://www.prongs.dev/docs/intents/ui.md#control-base) — Shape and behaviour shared by every button

  ```
  inline-flex shrink-0 items-center justify-center gap-2
  whitespace-nowrap rounded-md px-4 py-2 text-sm transition-colors
  focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2
  focus-visible:ring-ring focus-visible:ring-offset-2
  ring-offset-surface disabled:pointer-events-none
  disabled:opacity-50 aria-disabled:pointer-events-none
  aria-disabled:opacity-50
  ```

- [`control.quiet`](https://www.prongs.dev/docs/intents/ui.md#control-quiet) — Small text command; shows a pressed state

  ```
  h-auto px-0 py-0 text-muted-foreground hover:text-foreground
  hover:underline underline-offset-4 aria-pressed:text-foreground
  ```

- `action.copy` (this page) — Copies the short text beside it, like a command, as an icon alone sized to the line. It stays pressable inside a card its link covers

  ```
  relative size-4.5 rounded-sm
  ```

Final classes

```
inline-flex shrink-0 items-center justify-center gap-2
whitespace-nowrap text-sm transition-colors
focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2
focus-visible:ring-ring focus-visible:ring-offset-2
ring-offset-surface disabled:pointer-events-none
disabled:opacity-50 aria-disabled:pointer-events-none
aria-disabled:opacity-50 px-0 py-0 text-muted-foreground
hover:text-foreground hover:underline underline-offset-4
aria-pressed:text-foreground relative size-4.5 rounded-sm
```

Definition

```ts
'action.copy': {
  kind: 'semantic',
  description: 'Copies the short text beside it, like a command, as an icon alone sized to the line. It stays pressable inside a card its link covers',
  refs: ['control.quiet'],
  keywords: ['clipboard', 'command'],
  binding: { classes: 'relative size-4.5 rounded-sm' },
  notFor: [
    {
      context: 'copying a link, or a whole code block',
      instead: 'action.share',
    },
  ],
},
```