ClipboardEvent: clipboardData property
Baseline Widely available
This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since March 2017.
The clipboardData
property of the ClipboardEvent
interface holds a DataTransfer
object, which can be used to:
- specify what data should be put into the clipboard from the
cut
andcopy
event handlers, typically with asetData(format, data)
call; - obtain the data to be pasted from the
paste
event handler, typically with agetData(format)
call.
See the cut
, copy
, and paste
events documentation for more information.
Value
A DataTransfer
object.
The property can be null
when the event is created using the constructor. It is never null
when dispatched by the browser.
Specifications
Specification |
---|
Clipboard API and events # clipboardevent-clipboarddata |
Browser compatibility
BCD tables only load in the browser
See also
- Copy-related events:
copy
,cut
,paste
- The
ClipboardEvent
interface it belongs to. - Clipboard API