Copy-to-clipboard functionality for IPs

[giezi]

NetBox version

v3.5.0

Feature type

New functionality

Proposed functionality

It would be great if there would be a function that when you hover over the IP addresses with the mouse a copy button appears which copies the IP without subnet mask.

Copy button like:

Use case

I think it would be a relief for most users, at the moment you always have to tediously mark the IP and then copy it to connect to a system e.g. via SSH.

Database changes

External dependencies

[v0tti]

Copying the IP without the subnet mask seems a bit counter intuitive because it is displayed with a mask in most places of the UI.

But I agree that copying should be improved. I always mark the IP to copy it but sometimes I accidentally select a leading tabulator which makes pasting it a pain.

[jeremystretch]

We have a copy-to-clipboard button in place elsewhere around the UI (the API tokens list, for instance) that should be suitable for this.

[abhi1693]

I can take this up, but which places in the UI is this being intended to be applied?

[PieterL75]

I have a plugin that creates a small hamburger to all the links, being able to copy the text out of it (and do much more)


It opens a lot of flexibility and quick navigations.
The burger is there on all 'links' and not only ip addresses. Would be great if this can become part of the core netbox

[jeremystretch]

@abhi1693 I think the intent here is just to display a copy-to-clipboard button wherever an IP address is displayed within the UI, maybe excluding object tables.

[abhi1693]

@jeremystretch The OP has requested to copy the IP without the mask. If I'm to generalize the copy button, that may complicate things because I have a feeling this code will have to be some sort of hack in the TS script to drop the mask. I would rather leave this on the user to remove the mask after they paste, but just wanted to confirm with you as well.

[jeremystretch]

IMO it makes sense to copy the mask as well. I don't see any reason to exclude it.

[giezi]

I think the plugin of @PieterL75 should be included as standard in the Netbox - it solves all our problems :)
https://github.com/PieterL75/netbox_contextmenus