paste | paste event (Internet Explorer)

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Fires on the target object when the user pastes data, transferring the data from the system clipboard to the document.

Syntax

HTML Attribute	<element paste = "handler(event)">
Event Property	object.paste = handler;
attachEvent Method	object.attachEvent("paste", handler)
addEventListener Method	object.addEventListener("", handler, useCapture)

Event information

Synchronous	No
Bubbles	No
Cancelable	No

Event handler parameters

pEvtObj [in]: Type: IHTMLEventObj

Standards information

There are no standards that apply here.

Remarks

Creating custom code to enable the Paste command requires several steps.

Set the event object returnValue to false in the onbeforepaste event to enable the Paste shortcut menu item.
Cancel the default behavior of the client by setting the event object returnValue to false in the onpaste event handler. This applies only to objects, such as the text box, that have a default behavior defined for them.
Specify a data format in which to paste the selection through the getData method of the clipboardData object.
Invoke the method in the onpaste event to execute custom paste code.

Inserts the data from the system clipboard into the specified location on the document.

To invoke this event, do one of the following:

Right-click to display the shortcut menu and select Paste.
Or press CTRL+V.

The pEvtObj parameter is required for the following interfaces:

Examples

This example uses the clipboardData object to implement custom editing functionality.

Code example: http://samples.msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/samples/author/dhtml/refs/onbeforecutEX.htm


<HEAD>
<SCRIPT>
var sNewString = "new content associated with this object";
var sSave = "";
// Selects the text that is to be cut.
function fnLoad() {
    var r = document.body.createTextRange();
    r.findText(oSource.innerText);
    r.select();
}
// Stores the text of the SPAN in a variable that is set 
// to an empty string in the variable declaration above.
function fnBeforeCut() {
    sSave = oSource.innerText;
    event.returnValue = false;
}
// Associates the variable sNewString with the text being cut.
function fnCut() {
    window.clipboardData.setData("Text", sNewString);
}
function fnBeforePaste() {
    event.returnValue = false;
}
// The second parameter set in getData causes sNewString 
// to be pasted into the text input. Passing no second
// parameter causes the SPAN text to be pasted instead.
function fnPaste() {
    event.returnValue = false;
    oTarget.value = window.clipboardData.getData("Text", sNewString);
}
</SCRIPT>
</HEAD>
<BODY onload="fnLoad()">
<SPAN ID="oSource" 
      onbeforecut="fnBeforeCut()" 
      oncut="fnCut()">Cut this Text</SPAN>
<INPUT ID="oTarget" TYPE="text" VALUE="Paste the Text Here"
      onbeforepaste="fnBeforePaste()" 
      onpaste="fnPaste()">
</BODY>

paste | paste event