JavaScript Reference/Javascript Methods/getData
"getData()" Example
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<html> <body> <button onclick="clipboardData.setData("Text",document.selection.createRange().text);">Copy</button> <button onclick="myText.value = clipboardData.getData("Text");">Paste</button> <button onclick="clipboardData.clearData("Text");">Clear clipboard</button>
This is some sample text
<textarea id="myText" style="width:600; height:100"> text inside the textarea </textarea> </body> </html>
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"getData()" is applied to
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+----------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+ | Applied_To |clipboardData dataTransfer | +----------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
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"getData()" Syntax, Parameters and Note
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Note: Retrieves the specified type of data from the clipboard.
Syntax:
event.objectName.getData(param1) Parameters:
param1 Required; text or URL. </source>