diff --git a/lime/_backend/html5/HTML5Window.hx b/lime/_backend/html5/HTML5Window.hx
index 0fddee3f5..c4346ab2d 100644
--- a/lime/_backend/html5/HTML5Window.hx
+++ b/lime/_backend/html5/HTML5Window.hx
@@ -730,6 +730,29 @@ class HTML5Window {
 	}
 	
 	
+	public function setClipboard (value:String):Void {
+		
+		if (Browser.document.queryCommandEnabled ("copy")) {
+			
+			var inputEnabled = enableTextEvents;
+			
+			setEnableTextEvents (true); // create textInput if necessary
+			setEnableTextEvents (false);
+			
+			var cacheText = textInput.value;
+			textInput.value = value;
+			
+			Browser.document.execCommand ("copy");
+			
+			textInput.value = cacheText;
+			
+			setEnableTextEvents (inputEnabled);
+			
+		}
+		
+	}
+	
+	
 	public function setEnableTextEvents (value:Bool):Bool {
 		
 		if (value) {
diff --git a/lime/system/Clipboard.hx b/lime/system/Clipboard.hx
index 537fd656a..54f740b1f 100644
--- a/lime/system/Clipboard.hx
+++ b/lime/system/Clipboard.hx
@@ -2,14 +2,12 @@ package lime.system;
 
 
 import lime._backend.native.NativeCFFI;
+import lime.app.Application;
 
 #if flash
 import flash.desktop.Clipboard in FlashClipboard;
 #elseif js
 import lime._backend.html5.HTML5Window;
-import js.Browser.document;
-
-@:access(lime._backend.html5.HTML5Window)
 #end
 
 #if !lime_debug
@@ -18,6 +16,7 @@ import js.Browser.document;
 #end
 
 @:access(lime._backend.native.NativeCFFI)
+@:access(lime.ui.Window)
 
 
 class Clipboard {
@@ -61,30 +60,17 @@ class Clipboard {
 		#if (lime_cffi && !macro)
 		NativeCFFI.lime_clipboard_set_text (value);
 		return value;
-		
 		#elseif flash
 		FlashClipboard.generalClipboard.setData (TEXT_FORMAT, value);
 		return value;
-		
-		#elseif js
+		#elseif (js && html5)
 		_text = value;
-		
-		#if html5 // HTML5 needs focus on <input> field for clipboard events to work
-		if  (HTML5Window.textInput != null) {
+		var window = Application.current.window;
+		if (window != null) {
 			
-			HTML5Window.textInput.focus();
-			HTML5Window.textInput.value = _text;
-			HTML5Window.textInput.select();
+			window.backend.setClipboard (value);
 			
 		}
-		
-		if (document.queryCommandEnabled("copy")) {
-			
-			document.execCommand("copy");
-			
-		}
-		#end
-		
 		return value;
 		#end