InputEvent.dataTransfer
The dataTransfer
read-only property of the
InputEvent
interface returns a DataTransfer
object
containing information about richtext or plaintext data being added to or removed from
editable content.
Value
A DataTransfer
object.
Examples
In the following simple example we've set up an event listener on the input event so that when any
content is pasted into the contenteditable <p>
element, its HTML source
is retrieved via the
InputEvent.dataTransfer.getData()
method and reported in the paragraph below the input.
Try copying and pasting some of the content provided to see the effects.
<p><span style="font-weight: bold; color: blue">Whoa, bold blue text!</span></p>
<p><span style="font-style: italic; color: red">Exciting: italic red text!</span></p>
<p>Boring normal text ;-(</p>
<hr>
<p contenteditable="true">Go on, try pasting some content into this editable paragraph and see what happens!</p>
<p class="result"></p>
var editable = document.querySelector('p[contenteditable]');
var result = document.querySelector('.result')
var dataTransferObj;
editable.addEventListener('input', (e) => {
result.textContent = e.dataTransfer.getData('text/html');
});
Specifications
Specification |
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Input Events Level 2 # dom-inputevent-datatransfer |
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