Access browser menu (copy/paste) from Javascript

Bani · Mar 31, 2005

Is it possible to get browser-menu events (IE) into Javascript?

I have a special copy/paste on the onkeydown event (ctrl+c/ctrl+v). Now
the users would like to trigger it also from the browser menu.

Matt Kruse · Mar 31, 2005

Bani said:
I have a special copy/paste on the onkeydown event (ctrl+c/ctrl+v).
Now the users would like to trigger it also from the browser menu.

McKirahan · Mar 31, 2005

Bani said:
Is it possible to get browser-menu events (IE) into Javascript?

I have a special copy/paste on the onkeydown event (ctrl+c/ctrl+v). Now
the users would like to trigger it also from the browser menu.

What do you mean by "browser menu"?

Browsers have Cut, Copy, and Paste functions under "Edit" on the Menu Bar.

Or do you mean the right-click context menu?

Bani · Mar 31, 2005

I haven't seen this two event-handlers in my documentation. But it
works!

Thank you.

Does it work also for other browsers then IE?

McKirahan · Mar 31, 2005

Bani said:
I haven't seen this two event-handlers in my documentation. But it
works!

Thank you.

Does it work also for other browsers then IE?

It works for me under FF and NS6.2.

Csaba Gabor · Mar 31, 2005

Are you sure about that? onPaste has been logged as a Mozilla bug
at https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=280683
(you can, however, mostly monitor a textbox/textarea for change in
FF though the buggy method at
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=285272)

Also, I just tried the snippet below in my Firefox 1.0.1+ and got
no alert boxes vs both alert firing for IE 6 (on my Win XP Pro).

<body onpaste="alert('Body paste')">
<form name=mine method=get action=''>
<input name=tbtest onpaste="alert('Input paste')">
</form>
</body>

Csaba Gabor from Vienna

McKirahan · Mar 31, 2005

Csaba Gabor said:
Are you sure about that? onPaste has been logged as a Mozilla bug
at https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=280683
(you can, however, mostly monitor a textbox/textarea for change in
FF though the buggy method at
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=285272)

Also, I just tried the snippet below in my Firefox 1.0.1+ and got
no alert boxes vs both alert firing for IE 6 (on my Win XP Pro).

<body onpaste="alert('Body paste')">
<form name=mine method=get action=''>
<input name=tbtest onpaste="alert('Input paste')">
</form>
</body>

Csaba Gabor from Vienna

Here's what I used to test:

<html>
<head>
<title>CopyPaste.htm</title>
<script type="text/javascript">
function myCopy() {
alert("Copy");
}
function myPaste() {
alert("Paste");
}
</script>
</head>
<body onCopy="myCopy()" onPaste="myPaste()">
<form>
<textarea cols="50" rows="10">Hello World</textarea>
</form>
</body>
</html>

Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn · Apr 3, 2005

McKirahan said:
It works for me under FF and NS6.2.

However, it is not Valid HTML and as such not supposed to work generally.
Relying on it is risky at best.

PointedEars°

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Access browser menu (copy/paste) from Javascript

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