[fix] client/simple: insecure ctx clipboard copy

Uses the deprecated [`execCommand()`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Document/execCommand)
to copy content to clipboard if accessing the instance through HTTP, this method
isn't going away soon.

Closes https://github.com/searxng/searxng/issues/5359

client/simple/src/js/main/keyboard.ts

@@ -407,12 +407,31 @@ const toggleHelp = (keyBindings: typeof baseKeyBinding): void => {
 };
 
 const copyURLToClipboard = async (): Promise<void> => {
-  const currentUrlElement = document.querySelector<HTMLAnchorElement>(".result[data-vim-selected] h3 a");
+  const selectedResult = document.querySelector<HTMLElement>(".result[data-vim-selected]");
-  assertElement(currentUrlElement);
+  if (!selectedResult) return;
 
-  const url = currentUrlElement.getAttribute("href");
+  const resultAnchor = selectedResult.querySelector<HTMLAnchorElement>("a");
+  assertElement(resultAnchor);
+
+  const url = resultAnchor.getAttribute("href");
   if (url) {
-    await navigator.clipboard.writeText(url);
+    if (window.isSecureContext) {
+      await navigator.clipboard.writeText(url);
+    } else {
+      const selection = window.getSelection();
+      if (selection) {
+        const node = document.createElement("span");
+        node.textContent = url;
+        resultAnchor.appendChild(node);
+
+        const range = document.createRange();
+        range.selectNodeContents(node);
+        selection.removeAllRanges();
+        selection.addRange(range);
+        document.execCommand("copy");
+        node.remove();
+      }
+    }
   }
 };
 

client/simple/src/js/main/preferences.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
 
-import { http, listen, settings } from "../core/toolkit.ts";
+import { assertElement, http, listen, settings } from "../core/toolkit.ts";
 
 let engineDescriptions: Record<string, [string, string]> | undefined;
 
@@ -52,19 +52,25 @@ for (const engine of disableAllEngines) {
   listen("click", engine, () => toggleEngines(false, engineToggles));
 }
 
-const copyHashButton: HTMLElement | null = document.querySelector<HTMLElement>("#copy-hash");
+listen("click", "#copy-hash", async function (this: HTMLElement) {
-if (copyHashButton) {
+  const target = this.parentElement?.querySelector<HTMLPreElement>("pre");
-  listen("click", copyHashButton, async (event: Event) => {
+  assertElement(target);
-    event.preventDefault();
 
-    const { copiedText, hash } = copyHashButton.dataset;
+  if (window.isSecureContext) {
-    if (!(copiedText && hash)) return;
+    await navigator.clipboard.writeText(target.innerText);
-
+  } else {
-    try {
+    const selection = window.getSelection();
-      await navigator.clipboard.writeText(hash);
+    if (selection) {
-      copyHashButton.innerText = copiedText;
+      const range = document.createRange();
-    } catch (error) {
+      range.selectNodeContents(target);
-      console.error("Failed to copy hash:", error);
+      selection.removeAllRanges();
+      selection.addRange(range);
+      document.execCommand("copy");
     }
-  });
+  }
-}
+
+  const copiedText = this.dataset.copiedText;
+  if (copiedText) {
+    this.innerText = copiedText;
+  }
+});

client/simple/src/js/main/results.ts

@@ -121,7 +121,19 @@ listen("click", "#copy_url", async function (this: HTMLElement) {
   const target = this.parentElement?.querySelector<HTMLPreElement>("pre");
   assertElement(target);
 
-  await navigator.clipboard.writeText(target.innerText);
+  if (window.isSecureContext) {
+    await navigator.clipboard.writeText(target.innerText);
+  } else {
+    const selection = window.getSelection();
+    if (selection) {
+      const range = document.createRange();
+      range.selectNodeContents(target);
+      selection.removeAllRanges();
+      selection.addRange(range);
+      document.execCommand("copy");
+    }
+  }
+
   const copiedText = this.dataset.copiedText;
   if (copiedText) {
     this.innerText = copiedText;

searx/templates/simple/elements/search_url.html

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <div id="search_url" role="complementary" aria-labelledby="search_url-title">
   <details class="sidebar-collapsible">
     <summary class="title" id="search_url-title">{{ _('Search URL') }}</summary>
-    <button id="copy_url" type="submit" data-copied-text="{{ _('Copied') }}">{{ _('Copy') }}</button>
+    <button id="copy_url" type="button" class="button" data-copied-text="{{ _('Copied') }}">{{ _('Copy') }}</button>
     <div class="selectable_url">
       <pre>{{ url_for('search', _external=True) }}?q={{ q|urlencode }}&amp;language={{ current_language }}&amp;time_range={{ time_range }}&amp;safesearch={{ safesearch }}
         {%- if pageno > 1 -%}

searx/templates/simple/preferences/cookies.html

@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
       {{- preferences_url_params|e }}
     </pre>{{- '' -}}
   </div>
-  <button id="copy-hash" class="button" data-hash="{{- preferences_url_params|e -}}" data-copied-text="{{- _('Copied') -}}">{{- _('Copy') -}}</button>
+  <button id="copy-hash" type="button" class="button" data-hash="{{- preferences_url_params|e -}}" data-copied-text="{{- _('Copied') -}}">{{- _('Copy') -}}</button>
 </div>
 <h4>
   {{- _('Insert copied preferences hash (without URL) to restore') -}}:{{- '' -}}