Here’s a niche gotcha with the clipboard API’s `navigator.clipboard.writeText()` method that’s unique to Safari:

If you access a function from a module within your gesture handler (e.g., click handler), you will get a permission error.

The (sadly hacky and not as robust) workaround is to set a global variable from your module instead.

Full gist:

https://codeberg.org/aral/gists/src/branch/main/clipboard-writetext-permission-error-when-using-modules-in-safari.md

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