Window: paste event
The paste event is fired when the user has initiated a "paste" action through the browser's user interface.
| Bubbles | Yes |
|---|---|
| Cancelable | Yes |
| Interface | ClipboardEvent |
| Event handler property | onpaste |
The original target for this event is the Element that was the intended target of the paste action. You can listen for this event on the Window interface to handle it in the capture or bubbling phases. For full details on this event please see the page on the Element: paste event.
Examples
window.addEventListener('paste', (event) => { console.log('paste action initiated') });
Specifications
| Specification |
|---|
| Clipboard API and events # clipboard-event-paste |
Browser compatibility
| Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari | WebView Android | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | |
paste_event |
1 |
12 |
Yes |
11 |
15 |
3 |
1 |
18 |
Yes |
14 |
3 |
1.0 |
See also
- Related events:
cut,copy - This event on
Elementtargets:paste - This event on
Documenttargets:paste
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Window/paste_event