Reading from the Clipboard in JavaScript

August 6, 2024

Browsers have excellent support for reading and writing the user’s clipboard, and this opens up possibilities for better, and more native like experiences on the web. On websites that use these APIs for helpful features, it feels natural to the user. On sites where it isn’t supported, it almost feels like a bug. In this series of articles, I’m going to demonstrate how to work with the clipboard.

Source: Reading from the Clipboard in JavaScript – Frontend Masters Boost

Like it says on the tin, a guide to working with the clipboard API from the fine folks at Frontend Masters. Part I is about reading from the clipboard.