Returns selected records in tab-delimited text format.
copy()
Returns text.

#### Description

This method is called to generate text in tab-delimited format that will be copied to the clipboard. The method does not copy text to clipboard, but returns it. This method emits .onCopy event.
If you have grid defined in the following way: $('#grid').w2grid({ name : 'grid', columns: [ { field: 'recid', caption: 'ID', size: '50px' }, { field: 'lname', caption: 'Last Name', size: '30%' }, { field: 'fname', caption: 'First Name', size: '30%' }, { field: 'email', caption: 'Email', size: '40%' }, { field: 'sdate', caption: 'Start Date', size: '120px' }, { field: 'sdate', caption: 'End Date', size: '120px' } ], records: [ { recid: 1, fname: 'John', lname: 'doe', email: 'vitali@gmail.com', sdate: '1/3/2012' }, { recid: 2, fname: 'Stuart', lname: 'Motzart', email: 'jdoe@gmail.com', sdate: '2/4/2012' }, { recid: 3, fname: 'Jin', lname: 'Franson', email: '--', sdate: '4/23/2012' }, { recid: 4, fname: 'Susan', lname: 'Ottie', email: 'jdoe@gmail.com', sdate: '5/3/2012' }, { recid: 5, fname: 'Kelly', lname: 'Silver', email: 'jdoe@gmail.com', sdate: '4/3/2012' }, { recid: 6, fname: 'Francis', lname: 'Gatos', email: 'vitali@gmail.com', sdate: '2/5/2012' } ] }); Select several records and then call: console.log(w2ui['grid'].copy());