ClipboardGetText Method

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ClipboardGetText, get text from Windows Clipboard. Recommended use is to assign this function to navigator.clipboard.readText.

Syntax

Javascript (Usage)
Javascript (Specification)

var value; // Type: string
value = ClipboardGetText();

function ClipboardGetText() : string;

Example

Javascript

if (!navigator.clipboard) navigator.clipboard = {};
navigator.clipboard.readText = ClipboardGetText;
navigator.clipboard.writeText = ClipboardSetText;

Javascript

function paste()
{
	// read json from clipboard 
	var json = navigator.clipboard.readText();
	if (!json) return false;
	if (!IsValidJSON(json)) return false;

	// parse json and set new id
	json = JSON.parse(json);
}

Remarks

Get UTF-8 text from Windows Clipboard. Recommended use is to assign this function to navigator.clipboard.readText.

Browser Compatibility

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