refactor[devtools]: copy to clipboard only on frontend side

packages/react-devtools-extensions/src/contentScripts/prepareInjection.js

@@ -120,19 +120,3 @@ if (IS_FIREFOX) {
     }
   }
 }
-
-if (typeof exportFunction === 'function') {
-  // eslint-disable-next-line no-undef
-  exportFunction(
-    text => {
-      // Call clipboard.writeText from the extension content script
-      // (as it has the clipboardWrite permission) and return a Promise
-      // accessible to the webpage js code.
-      return new window.Promise((resolve, reject) =>
-        window.navigator.clipboard.writeText(text).then(resolve, reject),
-      );
-    },
-    window.wrappedJSObject.__REACT_DEVTOOLS_GLOBAL_HOOK__,
-    {defineAs: 'clipboardCopyText'},
-  );
-}

packages/react-devtools-shared/src/__tests__/inspectedElement-test.js

@@ -1801,7 +1801,7 @@ describe('InspectedElement', () => {
     jest.runOnlyPendingTimers();
     expect(global.mockClipboardCopy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
     expect(global.mockClipboardCopy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
-      JSON.stringify(nestedObject),
+      JSON.stringify(nestedObject, undefined, 2),
     );
 
     global.mockClipboardCopy.mockReset();
@@ -1811,7 +1811,7 @@ describe('InspectedElement', () => {
     jest.runOnlyPendingTimers();
     expect(global.mockClipboardCopy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
     expect(global.mockClipboardCopy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
-      JSON.stringify(nestedObject.a.b),
+      JSON.stringify(nestedObject.a.b, undefined, 2),
     );
   });
 
@@ -1894,7 +1894,7 @@ describe('InspectedElement', () => {
     jest.runOnlyPendingTimers();
     expect(global.mockClipboardCopy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
     expect(global.mockClipboardCopy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
-      JSON.stringify('123n'),
+      JSON.stringify('123n', undefined, 2),
     );
 
     global.mockClipboardCopy.mockReset();
@@ -1904,7 +1904,7 @@ describe('InspectedElement', () => {
     jest.runOnlyPendingTimers();
     expect(global.mockClipboardCopy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
     expect(global.mockClipboardCopy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
-      JSON.stringify({0: 100, 1: -100, 2: 0}),
+      JSON.stringify({0: 100, 1: -100, 2: 0}, undefined, 2),
     );
   });
 

packages/react-devtools-shared/src/__tests__/legacy/inspectElement-test.js

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ describe('InspectedElementContext', () => {
 
   async function read(
     id: number,
-    path?: Array<string | number> = null,
+    path: Array<string | number> = null,
   ): Promise<Object> {
     const rendererID = ((store.getRendererIDForElement(id): any): number);
     const promise = backendAPI
@@ -826,7 +826,7 @@ describe('InspectedElementContext', () => {
     jest.runOnlyPendingTimers();
     expect(global.mockClipboardCopy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
     expect(global.mockClipboardCopy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
-      JSON.stringify(nestedObject),
+      JSON.stringify(nestedObject, undefined, 2),
     );
 
     global.mockClipboardCopy.mockReset();
@@ -842,7 +842,7 @@ describe('InspectedElementContext', () => {
     jest.runOnlyPendingTimers();
     expect(global.mockClipboardCopy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
     expect(global.mockClipboardCopy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
-      JSON.stringify(nestedObject.a.b),
+      JSON.stringify(nestedObject.a.b, undefined, 2),
     );
   });
 
@@ -932,7 +932,7 @@ describe('InspectedElementContext', () => {
     jest.runOnlyPendingTimers();
     expect(global.mockClipboardCopy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
     expect(global.mockClipboardCopy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
-      JSON.stringify({0: 100, 1: -100, 2: 0}),
+      JSON.stringify({0: 100, 1: -100, 2: 0}, undefined, 2),
     );
   });
 });

packages/react-devtools-shared/src/backend/agent.js

@@ -297,7 +297,13 @@ export default class Agent extends EventEmitter<{
     if (renderer == null) {
       console.warn(`Invalid renderer id "${rendererID}" for element "${id}"`);
     } else {
-      renderer.copyElementPath(id, path);
+      const value = renderer.getSerializedElementValueByPath(id, path);
+
+      if (value != null) {
+        this._bridge.send('saveToClipboard', value);
+      } else {
+        console.warn(`Unable to obtain serialized value for element "${id}"`);
+      }
     }
   };
 

packages/react-devtools-shared/src/backend/legacy/renderer.js

@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@ import {
 import {getUID, utfEncodeString, printOperationsArray} from '../../utils';
 import {
   cleanForBridge,
-  copyToClipboard,
   copyWithDelete,
   copyWithRename,
   copyWithSet,
+  serializeToString,
 } from '../utils';
 import {
   deletePathInObject,
@@ -701,10 +701,15 @@ export function attach(
     }
   }
 
-  function copyElementPath(id: number, path: Array<string | number>): void {
+  function getSerializedElementValueByPath(
+    id: number,
+    path: Array<string | number>,
+  ): ?string {
     const inspectedElement = inspectElementRaw(id);
     if (inspectedElement !== null) {
-      copyToClipboard(getInObject(inspectedElement, path));
+      const valueToCopy = getInObject(inspectedElement, path);
+
+      return serializeToString(valueToCopy);
     }
   }
 
@@ -1105,7 +1110,7 @@ export function attach(
     clearErrorsForFiberID,
     clearWarningsForFiberID,
     cleanup,
-    copyElementPath,
+    getSerializedElementValueByPath,
     deletePath,
     flushInitialOperations,
     getBestMatchForTrackedPath,

packages/react-devtools-shared/src/backend/renderer.js

@@ -38,10 +38,13 @@ import {
   utfEncodeString,
 } from 'react-devtools-shared/src/utils';
 import {sessionStorageGetItem} from 'react-devtools-shared/src/storage';
-import {gt, gte} from 'react-devtools-shared/src/backend/utils';
+import {
+  gt,
+  gte,
+  serializeToString,
+} from 'react-devtools-shared/src/backend/utils';
 import {
   cleanForBridge,
-  copyToClipboard,
   copyWithDelete,
   copyWithRename,
   copyWithSet,
@@ -809,7 +812,7 @@ export function attach(
     name: string,
     fiber: Fiber,
     parentFiber: ?Fiber,
-    extraString?: string = '',
+    extraString: string = '',
   ): void => {
     if (__DEBUG__) {
       const displayName =
@@ -3544,14 +3547,17 @@ export function attach(
     }
   }
 
-  function copyElementPath(id: number, path: Array<string | number>): void {
+  function getSerializedElementValueByPath(
+    id: number,
+    path: Array<string | number>,
+  ): ?string {
     if (isMostRecentlyInspectedElement(id)) {
-      copyToClipboard(
-        getInObject(
-          ((mostRecentlyInspectedElement: any): InspectedElement),
-          path,
-        ),
+      const valueToCopy = getInObject(
+        ((mostRecentlyInspectedElement: any): InspectedElement),
+        path,
       );
+
+      return serializeToString(valueToCopy);
     }
   }
 
@@ -4494,7 +4500,7 @@ export function attach(
     clearErrorsAndWarnings,
     clearErrorsForFiberID,
     clearWarningsForFiberID,
-    copyElementPath,
+    getSerializedElementValueByPath,
     deletePath,
     findNativeNodesForFiberID,
     flushInitialOperations,

packages/react-devtools-shared/src/backend/types.js

@@ -342,7 +342,6 @@ export type RendererInterface = {
   clearErrorsAndWarnings: () => void,
   clearErrorsForFiberID: (id: number) => void,
   clearWarningsForFiberID: (id: number) => void,
-  copyElementPath: (id: number, path: Array<string | number>) => void,
   deletePath: (
     type: Type,
     id: number,
@@ -359,6 +358,10 @@ export type RendererInterface = {
   getProfilingData(): ProfilingDataBackend,
   getOwnersList: (id: number) => Array<SerializedElement> | null,
   getPathForElement: (id: number) => Array<PathFrame> | null,
+  getSerializedElementValueByPath: (
+    id: number,
+    path: Array<string | number>,
+  ) => ?string,
   handleCommitFiberRoot: (fiber: Object, commitPriority?: number) => void,
   handleCommitFiberUnmount: (fiber: Object) => void,
   handlePostCommitFiberRoot: (fiber: Object) => void,

packages/react-devtools-shared/src/backend/utils.js

@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
  * @flow
  */
 
-import {copy} from 'clipboard-js';
 import {compareVersions} from 'compare-versions';
 import {dehydrate} from '../hydration';
 import isArray from 'shared/isArray';
@@ -18,7 +17,7 @@ import type {DehydratedData} from 'react-devtools-shared/src/devtools/views/Comp
 export function cleanForBridge(
   data: Object | null,
   isPathAllowed: (path: Array<string | number>) => boolean,
-  path?: Array<string | number> = [],
+  path: Array<string | number> = [],
 ): DehydratedData | null {
   if (data !== null) {
     const cleanedPaths: Array<Array<string | number>> = [];
@@ -41,23 +40,6 @@ export function cleanForBridge(
   }
 }
 
-export function copyToClipboard(value: any): void {
-  const safeToCopy = serializeToString(value);
-  const text = safeToCopy === undefined ? 'undefined' : safeToCopy;
-  const {clipboardCopyText} = window.__REACT_DEVTOOLS_GLOBAL_HOOK__;
-
-  // On Firefox navigator.clipboard.writeText has to be called from
-  // the content script js code (because it requires the clipboardWrite
-  // permission to be allowed out of a "user handling" callback),
-  // clipboardCopyText is an helper injected into the page from.
-  // injectGlobalHook.
-  if (typeof clipboardCopyText === 'function') {
-    clipboardCopyText(text).catch(err => {});
-  } else {
-    copy(text);
-  }
-}
-
 export function copyWithDelete(
   obj: Object | Array<any>,
   path: Array<string | number>,
@@ -144,20 +126,28 @@ export function getEffectDurations(root: Object): {
 }
 
 export function serializeToString(data: any): string {
+  if (data === undefined) {
+    return 'undefined';
+  }
+
   const cache = new Set<mixed>();
   // Use a custom replacer function to protect against circular references.
-  return JSON.stringify(data, (key, value) => {
-    if (typeof value === 'object' && value !== null) {
-      if (cache.has(value)) {
-        return;
+  return JSON.stringify(
+    data,
+    (key, value) => {
+      if (typeof value === 'object' && value !== null) {
+        if (cache.has(value)) {
+          return;
+        }
+        cache.add(value);
       }
-      cache.add(value);
-    }
-    if (typeof value === 'bigint') {
-      return value.toString() + 'n';
-    }
-    return value;
-  });
+      if (typeof value === 'bigint') {
+        return value.toString() + 'n';
+      }
+      return value;
+    },
+    2,
+  );
 }
 
 // Formats an array of args with a style for console methods, using

packages/react-devtools-shared/src/bridge.js

@@ -194,6 +194,7 @@ export type BackendEvents = {
   profilingData: [ProfilingDataBackend],
   profilingStatus: [boolean],
   reloadAppForProfiling: [],
+  saveToClipboard: [string],
   selectFiber: [number],
   shutdown: [],
   stopInspectingNative: [boolean],

packages/react-devtools-shared/src/devtools/store.js

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
  * @flow
  */
 
+import {copy} from 'clipboard-js';
 import EventEmitter from '../events';
 import {inspect} from 'util';
 import {
@@ -272,6 +273,8 @@ export default class Store extends EventEmitter<{
 
     bridge.addListener('backendVersion', this.onBridgeBackendVersion);
     bridge.send('getBackendVersion');
+
+    bridge.addListener('saveToClipboard', this.onSaveToClipboard);
   }
 
   // This is only used in tests to avoid memory leaks.
@@ -1362,6 +1365,7 @@ export default class Store extends EventEmitter<{
     );
     bridge.removeListener('backendVersion', this.onBridgeBackendVersion);
     bridge.removeListener('bridgeProtocol', this.onBridgeProtocol);
+    bridge.removeListener('saveToClipboard', this.onSaveToClipboard);
 
     if (this._onBridgeProtocolTimeoutID !== null) {
       clearTimeout(this._onBridgeProtocolTimeoutID);
@@ -1422,6 +1426,10 @@ export default class Store extends EventEmitter<{
     this.emit('unsupportedBridgeProtocolDetected');
   };
 
+  onSaveToClipboard: (text: string) => void = text => {
+    copy(text);
+  };
+
   // The Store should never throw an Error without also emitting an event.
   // Otherwise Store errors will be invisible to users,
   // but the downstream errors they cause will be reported as bugs.