Paste event in Javascript

Question

How can I handle the paste selected through right click in javascript? I tried with \"onpaste\" event and all other html events available but nothing works.

Answer 1

I was surprised question #4532473 got closed unanswered about what happens if you want to capture the afterpaste event. As this is probably the problem half of the cases a possible approach in firefox (tested) is to register an oninput event right inside the onpaste handler and remove the oninput handler as soon as it's done executing.

In ie the onpropertychange should be used instead of oninput. (not tested)