Use the new clipboard API, via navigator.clipboard. It can be used like this: With async/await syntax: const text = await navigator.clipboard.readText(); Or with Promise syntax: navigator.clipboard.readText() .then(text => { console.log(‘Pasted content: ‘, text); }) .catch(err => { console.error(‘Failed to read clipboard contents: ‘, err); }); Keep in mind that this will prompt the user with … Read more
Be aware that copying/pasting from the system clipboard will not work if :echo has(‘clipboard’) returns 0. In this case, vim is not compiled with the +clipboard feature and you’ll have to install a different version or recompile it. Some linux distros supply a minimal vim installation by default, but if you install the vim-gtk or … Read more
For completeness, here’s the control I’m using in production code. Just drag from the designer and double click to create the event handler. using System; using System.ComponentModel; using System.Runtime.InteropServices; using System.Windows.Forms; using System.Drawing; namespace ClipboardAssist { // Must inherit Control, not Component, in order to have Handle [DefaultEvent(“ClipboardChanged”)] public partial class ClipboardMonitor : Control { … Read more
Actually, pywin32 and ctypes seem to be an overkill for this simple task. Tkinter is a cross-platform GUI framework, which ships with Python by default and has clipboard accessing methods along with other cool stuff. If all you need is to put some text to system clipboard, this will do it: from Tkinter import Tk … Read more
Solution #1 (Plain Text only and requires Firefox 22+) Works for IE6+, FF 22+, Chrome, Safari, Edge (Only tested in IE9+, but should work for lower versions) If you need support for pasting HTML or Firefox <= 22, see Solution #2. function handlePaste(e) { var clipboardData, pastedData; // Stop data actually being pasted into div … Read more
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