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Note: I need a solution that uploads images from the System Clipboard specifically, as opposed to uploading files via drag and drop.

What I am looking for is essentially exactly how Google do it in GMail:

  1. Select an image in Word or Paint (for example) and copy it to the clipboard.
  2. Switch to GMail and press CTRL+V in a new mail.
  3. A little "busy icon" appears at the cursor while the image is taken from the clipboard and uploaded to the server.
  4. The image is then displayed in the mail as a standard img element.

I know this is already possible in Chrome, but I need a cross-browser solution and even GMail doesn't support this functionality in IE11 at time of writing this (April 2014).

I've noticed that JIRA (Atlassian) uses a Java Applet for its "Attach Screenshot" functionality but I would rather avoid using an Applet if possible, unless it really is the only option.

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Accessing the system clipboard while being cross-browser seems to be a real nightmare and something never done to this day. For java applet you can check Liveconnect but its far from being perfect.

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