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paste.js

paste.js is an interface to read data ( text / image ) from clipboard in different browsers. It also contains several hacks.

browser compatibility

IE11 Firefox 33 Chrome 38 Safari(10.1) Opera
pasteText (non-inputable) ok ok ok ok ok
pasteText (textarea) ok ok ok ok ok
pasteText (contenteditable) ok ok ok ok ok
pasteImage (non-inputable) ok ok ok ok ok
pasteImage (textarea) ok ok ok ok ok
pasteImage (contenteditable) ok ok ok ok ok

usage

// jQuery needed
$('.mydiv').pastableNonInputable();

$('textarea').pastableTextarea();

$('div[contenteditable]').pastableContenteditable();

$('*').on('pasteImage', function (ev, data){
  console.log("dataURL: " + data.dataURL);
  console.log("width: " + data.width);
  console.log("height: " + data.height);
  console.log(data.blob);
}).on('pasteImageError', function(ev, data){
  alert('Oops: ' + data.message);
  if(data.url){
    alert('But we got its url anyway:' + data.url)
  }
}).on('pasteText', function (ev, data){
  console.log("text: " + data.text);
});

more

see this example

Thanks BrowserStack for providing cross-browser testing environment for this project.

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license

The MIT License (MIT)

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