How do I capture the input value on a paste event?

Question

On my site users can paste text (in this case a url) into an input field. I\'d like to capture the value of the text that was pasted using jQuery. I\'ve got this to work in

Answer 1

Even better is it to use e.originalEvent.clipboardData.getData('text'); to retrieve pasted data;

$("input").on("paste", function(e) { 
    var pastedData = e.originalEvent.clipboardData.getData('text');
    // ... now do with pastedData whatever you like ...
});

This way you can avoid timeouts and it is supported on all major browsers.