Chrome provides a copy(myCopyObj) to copy an object. Do we have anything similar in terms of pasting an object or getting the contents from the clipboard?
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Vikramjit Roy
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Use window.getSelection – Sumesh TG Jul 06 '18 at 06:10
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1Check https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2018/03/clipboardapi – apokryfos Jul 06 '18 at 06:38
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1I am talking about chrome console NOT javascript or DOM for clipboard events. – Vikramjit Roy Jul 11 '18 at 12:40
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Press enter after copy(myCopyObj) then try to Paste(ctrl+V). This will solve your purpose.
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I think the question is about accessing the clipboard content directly as a programmatic expression, like how `copy` takes an expression and sets the clipboard. You can use `ctrl+v` to paste the value into a string literal. But this is inconvenient if the clipboard is a string that contains newlines, which will need to be escaped from the string literal, or if it is an image or something else. – Ben J Sep 01 '20 at 11:38
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"Getting the contents from clipboard"
Execute the following on devtools side and within 3 seconds focus on the window (by clicking somewhere, or just hitting <tab>).
setTimeout(async()=>console.log(await window.navigator.clipboard.readText()), 3000)
This will just print the clipboard content. You can replace console.log with code that actually uses the clipboard content.
Jannis Ioannou
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