Is there a non-Flash way to set/get the clipboard data in WebKit

Question

I want to set or get data or text to the clipboard, but without flash. Is it possible?

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:29

You can get the clipboard data in WebKit, but only during a paste event, for security reasons (random websites being able to copy from your system clipboard at any time would be bad). Assuming you have a a text input with id "textBox":

Live demo: http://jsfiddle.net/qc4s8/

Code:

document.getElementById("textBox").onpaste = function(evt) {
    alert(evt.clipboardData.getData("text/plain"));
};

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Is there a non-Flash way to set/get the clipboard data in WebKit

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