Document: 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 Document 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

document.addEventListener('paste', (event) => {
    console.log('paste action initiated')
});

Specifications

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
6
11
15
3
1
18
6
14
3
1.0

See also

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Document/paste_event