diff --git a/desktop/app/src/NotificationsHub.tsx b/desktop/app/src/NotificationsHub.tsx
index b3c0c76ab..e08acb8b8 100644
--- a/desktop/app/src/NotificationsHub.tsx
+++ b/desktop/app/src/NotificationsHub.tsx
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ import {
 } from './reducers/notifications';
 import {selectPlugin} from './reducers/connections';
 import {State as StoreState} from './reducers/index';
-import textContent from './utils/textContent';
+import {textContent} from 'flipper-plugin';
 import createPaste from './fb-stubs/createPaste';
 import {getPluginTitle} from './utils/pluginUtils';
 import {getFlipperLib} from 'flipper-plugin';
diff --git a/desktop/app/src/dispatcher/notifications.tsx b/desktop/app/src/dispatcher/notifications.tsx
index 2a6eadbd4..1f5861383 100644
--- a/desktop/app/src/dispatcher/notifications.tsx
+++ b/desktop/app/src/dispatcher/notifications.tsx
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import {
   updatePluginBlocklist,
   updateCategoryBlocklist,
 } from '../reducers/notifications';
-import {textContent} from '../utils/index';
+import {textContent} from 'flipper-plugin';
 import {getPluginTitle} from '../utils/pluginUtils';
 import {sideEffect} from '../utils/sideEffect';
 import {openNotification} from '../sandy-chrome/notification/Notification';
diff --git a/desktop/app/src/index.tsx b/desktop/app/src/index.tsx
index 23d10123c..5e1f33bf4 100644
--- a/desktop/app/src/index.tsx
+++ b/desktop/app/src/index.tsx
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ export {keyframes} from '@emotion/css';
 export {produce} from 'immer';
 
 export * from './ui/index';
-export {textContent, sleep} from './utils/index';
+export {textContent, sleep} from 'flipper-plugin';
 export * from './utils/jsonTypes';
 export {default as GK, loadGKs, loadDistilleryGK} from './fb-stubs/GK';
 export {default as createPaste} from './fb-stubs/createPaste';
diff --git a/desktop/app/src/ui/components/filter/FilterRow.tsx b/desktop/app/src/ui/components/filter/FilterRow.tsx
index 80c2fd44a..45a55d67e 100644
--- a/desktop/app/src/ui/components/filter/FilterRow.tsx
+++ b/desktop/app/src/ui/components/filter/FilterRow.tsx
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 import {Filter} from './types';
 import React, {PureComponent} from 'react';
 import ContextMenu from '../ContextMenu';
-import textContent from '../../../utils/textContent';
+import {textContent} from 'flipper-plugin';
 import styled from '@emotion/styled';
 import {colors} from '../colors';
 
diff --git a/desktop/app/src/ui/components/searchable/SearchableTable.tsx b/desktop/app/src/ui/components/searchable/SearchableTable.tsx
index f1cc59370..4a5240210 100644
--- a/desktop/app/src/ui/components/searchable/SearchableTable.tsx
+++ b/desktop/app/src/ui/components/searchable/SearchableTable.tsx
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import ManagedTable, {ManagedTableProps} from '../table/ManagedTable';
 import {TableBodyRow} from '../table/types';
 import Searchable, {SearchableProps} from './Searchable';
 import React, {PureComponent} from 'react';
-import textContent from '../../../utils/textContent';
+import {textContent} from 'flipper-plugin';
 import deepEqual from 'deep-equal';
 
 type Props = {
diff --git a/desktop/app/src/ui/components/table/ManagedTable.tsx b/desktop/app/src/ui/components/table/ManagedTable.tsx
index 641c59614..3c99bb54b 100644
--- a/desktop/app/src/ui/components/table/ManagedTable.tsx
+++ b/desktop/app/src/ui/components/table/ManagedTable.tsx
@@ -31,9 +31,8 @@ import createPaste from '../../../fb-stubs/createPaste';
 import debounceRender from 'react-debounce-render';
 import {debounce} from 'lodash';
 import {DEFAULT_ROW_HEIGHT} from './types';
-import textContent from '../../../utils/textContent';
 import {notNull} from '../../../utils/typeUtils';
-import {getFlipperLib} from 'flipper-plugin';
+import {getFlipperLib, textContent} from 'flipper-plugin';
 
 const EMPTY_OBJECT = {};
 Object.freeze(EMPTY_OBJECT);
diff --git a/desktop/app/src/utils/index.tsx b/desktop/app/src/utils/index.tsx
index 1d6a71790..6d5c796a3 100644
--- a/desktop/app/src/utils/index.tsx
+++ b/desktop/app/src/utils/index.tsx
@@ -7,6 +7,5 @@
  * @format
  */
 
-export {default as textContent} from './textContent';
 export {getStringFromErrorLike} from './errors';
 export {sleep} from './promiseTimeout';
diff --git a/desktop/flipper-plugin/src/__tests__/api.node.tsx b/desktop/flipper-plugin/src/__tests__/api.node.tsx
index b93d87c69..9a1e7eb94 100644
--- a/desktop/flipper-plugin/src/__tests__/api.node.tsx
+++ b/desktop/flipper-plugin/src/__tests__/api.node.tsx
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ test('Correct top level API exposed', () => {
       "renderReactRoot",
       "sleep",
       "styled",
+      "textContent",
       "theme",
       "useLocalStorageState",
       "useLogger",
diff --git a/desktop/flipper-plugin/src/index.ts b/desktop/flipper-plugin/src/index.ts
index 8dd008651..7fd1b0561 100644
--- a/desktop/flipper-plugin/src/index.ts
+++ b/desktop/flipper-plugin/src/index.ts
@@ -132,6 +132,8 @@ export {
 
 export {createTablePlugin} from './utils/createTablePlugin';
 
+export {textContent} from './utils/textContent';
+
 // It's not ideal that this exists in flipper-plugin sources directly,
 // but is the least pain for plugin authors.
 // Probably we should make sure that testing-library doesn't end up in our final Flipper bundle (which packages flipper-plugin)
diff --git a/desktop/flipper-plugin/src/ui/data-table/TableContextMenu.tsx b/desktop/flipper-plugin/src/ui/data-table/TableContextMenu.tsx
index 5a030c9e2..7a9cb068c 100644
--- a/desktop/flipper-plugin/src/ui/data-table/TableContextMenu.tsx
+++ b/desktop/flipper-plugin/src/ui/data-table/TableContextMenu.tsx
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  * @format
  */
 
-import {CopyOutlined, FilterOutlined} from '@ant-design/icons';
+import {CopyOutlined, FilterOutlined, TableOutlined} from '@ant-design/icons';
 import {Checkbox, Menu} from 'antd';
 import {
   DataTableDispatch,
@@ -20,20 +20,21 @@ import {tryGetFlipperLibImplementation} from '../../plugin/FlipperLib';
 import {DataTableColumn} from './DataTable';
 import {toFirstUpper} from '../../utils/toFirstUpper';
 import {DataSource} from '../../data-source/index';
+import {renderColumnValue} from './TableRow';
+import {textContent} from '../../utils/textContent';
 
 const {Item, SubMenu} = Menu;
 
-function defaultOnCopyRows<T>(items: T[]) {
-  return JSON.stringify(items.length > 1 ? items : items[0], null, 2);
-}
-
 export function tableContextMenuFactory<T>(
   datasource: DataSource<T>,
   dispatch: DataTableDispatch<T>,
   selection: Selection,
   columns: DataTableColumn<T>[],
   visibleColumns: DataTableColumn<T>[],
-  onCopyRows: (rows: T[]) => string = defaultOnCopyRows,
+  onCopyRows: (
+    rows: T[],
+    visibleColumns: DataTableColumn<T>[],
+  ) => string = defaultOnCopyRows,
   onContextMenu?: (selection: undefined | T) => React.ReactElement,
 ) {
   const lib = tryGetFlipperLibImplementation();
@@ -68,6 +69,61 @@ export function tableContextMenuFactory<T>(
           </Item>
         ))}
       </SubMenu>
+      <SubMenu
+        key="copy rows"
+        title="Copy row(s)"
+        icon={<TableOutlined />}
+        disabled={!hasSelection}>
+        <Item
+          key="copyToClipboard"
+          disabled={!hasSelection}
+          onClick={() => {
+            const items = getSelectedItems(datasource, selection);
+            if (items.length) {
+              lib.writeTextToClipboard(onCopyRows(items, visibleColumns));
+            }
+          }}>
+          Copy row(s)
+        </Item>
+        {lib.isFB && (
+          <Item
+            key="createPaste"
+            disabled={!hasSelection}
+            onClick={() => {
+              const items = getSelectedItems(datasource, selection);
+              if (items.length) {
+                lib.createPaste(onCopyRows(items, visibleColumns));
+              }
+            }}>
+            Create paste
+          </Item>
+        )}
+        <Item
+          key="copyToClipboardJSON"
+          disabled={!hasSelection}
+          onClick={() => {
+            const items = getSelectedItems(datasource, selection);
+            if (items.length) {
+              lib.writeTextToClipboard(rowsToJson(items));
+            }
+          }}>
+          Copy row(s) (JSON)
+        </Item>
+        {lib.isFB && (
+          <Item
+            key="createPaste"
+            disabled={!hasSelection}
+            onClick={() => {
+              const items = getSelectedItems(datasource, selection);
+              if (items.length) {
+                lib.createPaste(rowsToJson(items));
+              }
+            }}>
+            Create paste (JSON)
+          </Item>
+        )}
+      </SubMenu>
+
       <SubMenu
         key="copy cells"
         title="Copy cell(s)"
@@ -88,30 +144,6 @@ export function tableContextMenuFactory<T>(
           </Item>
         ))}
       </SubMenu>
-      <Item
-        key="copyToClipboard"
-        disabled={!hasSelection}
-        onClick={() => {
-          const items = getSelectedItems(datasource, selection);
-          if (items.length) {
-            lib.writeTextToClipboard(onCopyRows(items));
-          }
-        }}>
-        Copy row(s)
-      </Item>
-      {lib.isFB && (
-        <Item
-          key="createPaste"
-          disabled={!hasSelection}
-          onClick={() => {
-            const items = getSelectedItems(datasource, selection);
-            if (items.length) {
-              lib.createPaste(onCopyRows(items));
-            }
-          }}>
-          Create paste
-        </Item>
-      )}
       <Menu.Divider />
       <SubMenu title="Visible columns" key="visible columns">
         {columns.map((column, idx) => (
@@ -143,3 +175,24 @@ function friendlyColumnTitle(column: DataTableColumn<any>): string {
   const name = column.title || column.key;
   return toFirstUpper(name);
 }
+
+function defaultOnCopyRows<T>(
+  items: T[],
+  visibleColumns: DataTableColumn<T>[],
+) {
+  return (
+    visibleColumns.map(friendlyColumnTitle).join('\t') +
+    '\n' +
+    items
+      .map((row, idx) =>
+        visibleColumns
+          .map((col) => textContent(renderColumnValue(col, row, true, idx)))
+          .join('\t'),
+      )
+      .join('\n')
+  );
+}
+
+function rowsToJson<T>(items: T[]) {
+  return JSON.stringify(items.length > 1 ? items : items[0], null, 2);
+}
diff --git a/desktop/flipper-plugin/src/ui/data-table/TableRow.tsx b/desktop/flipper-plugin/src/ui/data-table/TableRow.tsx
index 00e804409..86ac104e4 100644
--- a/desktop/flipper-plugin/src/ui/data-table/TableRow.tsx
+++ b/desktop/flipper-plugin/src/ui/data-table/TableRow.tsx
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 import React, {CSSProperties, memo} from 'react';
 import styled from '@emotion/styled';
 import {theme} from '../theme';
-import type {TableRowRenderContext} from './DataTable';
+import {DataTableColumn, TableRowRenderContext} from './DataTable';
 import {Width} from '../../utils/widthUtils';
 import {DataFormatter} from '../DataFormatter';
 import {Dropdown} from 'antd';
@@ -121,9 +121,12 @@ export const TableRow = memo(function TableRow<T>({
       {config.columns
         .filter((col) => col.visible)
         .map((col) => {
-          const value = col.onRender
-            ? (col as any).onRender(record, highlighted, itemIndex)
-            : DataFormatter.format((record as any)[col.key], col.formatters);
+          const value = renderColumnValue<T>(
+            col,
+            record,
+            highlighted,
+            itemIndex,
+          );
 
           return (
             <TableBodyColumnContainer
@@ -147,3 +150,14 @@ export const TableRow = memo(function TableRow<T>({
     return row;
   }
 });
+
+export function renderColumnValue<T>(
+  col: DataTableColumn<any>,
+  record: T,
+  highlighted: boolean,
+  itemIndex: number,
+) {
+  return col.onRender
+    ? col.onRender(record, highlighted, itemIndex)
+    : DataFormatter.format((record as any)[col.key], col.formatters);
+}
diff --git a/desktop/app/src/utils/textContent.tsx b/desktop/flipper-plugin/src/utils/textContent.tsx
similarity index 95%
rename from desktop/app/src/utils/textContent.tsx
rename to desktop/flipper-plugin/src/utils/textContent.tsx
index 889d24c8d..a9628bab2 100644
--- a/desktop/app/src/utils/textContent.tsx
+++ b/desktop/flipper-plugin/src/utils/textContent.tsx
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ function isReactElement(object: any) {
  * Recursively walks through all children of a React element and returns
  * the string representation of the leafs concatenated.
  */
-export default (node: ReactNode): string => {
+export function textContent(node: ReactNode): string {
   let res = '';
   const traverse = (node: ReactNode) => {
     if (typeof node === 'string' || typeof node === 'number') {
@@ -44,4 +44,4 @@ export default (node: ReactNode): string => {
   traverse(node);
 
   return res;
-};
+}
diff --git a/docs/extending/flipper-plugin.mdx b/docs/extending/flipper-plugin.mdx
index 679e77b2e..cca46bc13 100644
--- a/docs/extending/flipper-plugin.mdx
+++ b/docs/extending/flipper-plugin.mdx
@@ -1012,6 +1012,10 @@ Creates a promise that automatically resolves after the specified amount of mill
 
 A convenience re-export of `styled` from [emotion](https://emotion.sh/docs/styled).
 
+## textContent
+
+Given a string or React element, returns a text representation of that element, that is suitable as plain text.
+
 ## TestUtils
 
 The object `TestUtils` as exposed from `flipper-plugin` exposes utilities to write unit tests for Sandy plugins.