diff --git a/client/components/cards/cardDetails.js b/client/components/cards/cardDetails.js
index ab6deb4a4..b967ca087 100644
--- a/client/components/cards/cardDetails.js
+++ b/client/components/cards/cardDetails.js
@@ -325,29 +325,7 @@ BlazeComponent.extendComponent({
         },
         'click .js-copy-link'(event) {
           event.preventDefault();
-          const StringToCopyElement = document.getElementById('cardURL_copy');
-          StringToCopyElement.value =
-            window.location.origin + window.location.pathname;
-          StringToCopyElement.select();
-          if (document.execCommand('copy')) {
-            StringToCopyElement.blur();
-          } else {
-            document.getElementById('cardURL_copy').selectionStart = 0;
-            document.getElementById('cardURL_copy').selectionEnd = 999;
-            document.execCommand('copy');
-            if (window.getSelection) {
-              if (window.getSelection().empty) {
-                // Chrome
-                window.getSelection().empty();
-              } else if (window.getSelection().removeAllRanges) {
-                // Firefox
-                window.getSelection().removeAllRanges();
-              }
-            } else if (document.selection) {
-              // IE?
-              document.selection.empty();
-            }
-          }
+          Utils.copyTextToClipboard(event.target.href);
         },
         'click .js-open-card-details-menu': Popup.open('cardDetailsActions'),
         'submit .js-card-description'(event) {
@@ -1089,30 +1067,8 @@ BlazeComponent.extendComponent({
   events() {
     return [
       {
-        'click .js-copy-card-link-to-clipboard'() {
-          // Clipboard code from:
-          // https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6300213/copy-selected-text-to-the-clipboard-without-using-flash-must-be-cross-browser
-          const StringToCopyElement = document.getElementById('cardURL');
-          StringToCopyElement.select();
-          if (document.execCommand('copy')) {
-            StringToCopyElement.blur();
-          } else {
-            document.getElementById('cardURL').selectionStart = 0;
-            document.getElementById('cardURL').selectionEnd = 999;
-            document.execCommand('copy');
-            if (window.getSelection) {
-              if (window.getSelection().empty) {
-                // Chrome
-                window.getSelection().empty();
-              } else if (window.getSelection().removeAllRanges) {
-                // Firefox
-                window.getSelection().removeAllRanges();
-              }
-            } else if (document.selection) {
-              // IE?
-              document.selection.empty();
-            }
-          }
+        'click .js-copy-card-link-to-clipboard'(event) {
+          Utils.copyTextToClipboard(location.origin + document.getElementById('cardURL').value);
         },
         'click .js-delete': Popup.afterConfirm('cardDelete', function () {
           Popup.close();
diff --git a/client/lib/utils.js b/client/lib/utils.js
index fba13c74d..ebc76f22f 100644
--- a/client/lib/utils.js
+++ b/client/lib/utils.js
@@ -465,6 +465,41 @@ Utils = {
     }
     return finalString;
   },
+
+  fallbackCopyTextToClipboard(text) {
+    var textArea = document.createElement("textarea");
+    textArea.value = text;
+
+    // Avoid scrolling to bottom
+    textArea.style.top = "0";
+    textArea.style.left = "0";
+    textArea.style.position = "fixed";
+
+    document.body.appendChild(textArea);
+    textArea.focus();
+    textArea.select();
+
+    try {
+      document.execCommand('copy');
+    } finally {
+      document.body.removeChild(textArea);
+    }
+  },
+
+  /** copy the text to the clipboard
+   * @see https://stackoverflow.com/questions/400212/how-do-i-copy-to-the-clipboard-in-javascript/30810322#30810322
+   * @param string copy this text to the clipboard
+   */
+  copyTextToClipboard(text) {
+    if (navigator.clipboard) {
+      navigator.clipboard.writeText(text).then(function() {
+      }, function(err) {
+        console.error('Async: Could not copy text: ', err);
+      });
+    } else {
+      fallbackCopyTextToClipboard(text);
+    }
+  },
 };
 
 // A simple tracker dependency that we invalidate every time the window is