diff --git a/src/client/theme-default/composables/copy-code.ts b/src/client/app/composables/copyCode.ts
similarity index 54%
rename from src/client/theme-default/composables/copy-code.ts
rename to src/client/app/composables/copyCode.ts
index a705433331f..58b60807cb9 100644
--- a/src/client/theme-default/composables/copy-code.ts
+++ b/src/client/app/composables/copyCode.ts
@@ -1,23 +1,37 @@
-import { nextTick, watch } from 'vue'
-import { inBrowser, useData } from 'vitepress'
+import { inBrowser } from '../utils.js'
 
 export function useCopyCode() {
-  const { page } = useData()
-
-  if (inBrowser)
-    watch(
-      () => page.value.relativePath,
-      () => {
-        nextTick(() => {
-          document
-            .querySelectorAll<HTMLSpanElement>(
-              '.vp-doc div[class*="language-"] > button.copy'
-            )
-            .forEach(handleElement)
+  if (inBrowser) {
+    window.addEventListener('click', (e) => {
+      const el = e.target as HTMLElement
+      if (el.matches('div[class*="language-"] > button.copy')) {
+        const parent = el.parentElement
+        const sibling = el.nextElementSibling
+          ?.nextElementSibling as HTMLPreElement | null
+        if (!parent || !sibling) {
+          return
+        }
+
+        const isShell = /language-(shellscript|shell|bash|sh|zsh)/.test(
+          parent.classList.toString()
+        )
+
+        let { innerText: text = '' } = sibling
+
+        if (isShell) {
+          text = text.replace(/^ *(\$|>) /gm, '')
+        }
+
+        copyToClipboard(text).then(() => {
+          el.classList.add('copied')
+          setTimeout(() => {
+            el.classList.remove('copied')
+            el.blur()
+          }, 2000)
         })
-      },
-      { immediate: true, flush: 'post' }
-    )
+      }
+    })
+  }
 }
 
 async function copyToClipboard(text: string) {
@@ -63,32 +77,3 @@ async function copyToClipboard(text: string) {
     }
   }
 }
-
-function handleElement(el: HTMLElement) {
-  el.onclick = () => {
-    const parent = el.parentElement
-    const sibling = el.nextElementSibling
-      ?.nextElementSibling as HTMLPreElement | null
-    if (!parent || !sibling) {
-      return
-    }
-
-    const isShell = /language-(shellscript|shell|bash|sh|zsh)/.test(
-      parent.classList.toString()
-    )
-
-    let { innerText: text = '' } = sibling
-
-    if (isShell) {
-      text = text.replace(/^ *(\$|>) /gm, '')
-    }
-
-    copyToClipboard(text).then(() => {
-      el.classList.add('copied')
-      setTimeout(() => {
-        el.classList.remove('copied')
-        el.blur()
-      }, 2000)
-    })
-  }
-}
diff --git a/src/client/app/index.ts b/src/client/app/index.ts
index c7d0e2e3a76..84bd1c23da8 100644
--- a/src/client/app/index.ts
+++ b/src/client/app/index.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import { usePrefetch } from './composables/preFetch.js'
 import { dataSymbol, initData } from './data.js'
 import { Content } from './components/Content.js'
 import { ClientOnly } from './components/ClientOnly.js'
+import { useCopyCode } from './composables/copyCode.js'
 
 const NotFound = Theme.NotFound || (() => '404 Not Found')
 
@@ -40,6 +41,9 @@ const VitePressApp = defineComponent({
       usePrefetch()
     }
 
+    // setup global copy code handler
+    useCopyCode()
+
     if (Theme.setup) Theme.setup()
     return () => h(Theme.Layout)
   }
diff --git a/src/client/theme-default/components/VPContent.vue b/src/client/theme-default/components/VPContent.vue
index 35a27b77d31..86aca8623de 100644
--- a/src/client/theme-default/components/VPContent.vue
+++ b/src/client/theme-default/components/VPContent.vue
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 <script setup lang="ts">
 import { useRoute, useData } from 'vitepress'
-import { useCopyCode } from '../composables/copy-code.js'
 import { useSidebar } from '../composables/sidebar.js'
 import VPPage from './VPPage.vue'
 import VPHome from './VPHome.vue'
@@ -12,8 +11,6 @@ const { frontmatter } = useData()
 const { hasSidebar } = useSidebar()
 
 const NotFound = inject('NotFound')
-
-useCopyCode()
 </script>
 
 <template>