Read the client clipboard with jQuery?

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Is it possible to get/read the clipboard of a client with jQuery?

(I need get the information of a spread sheet and paste this information in a jqGrid web grid...)

Should be possible using flash the same as copy to clipboard, but I can't find existing code that do this. — jcubic, Apr 22 '12 at 15:03

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:33

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Well according to this similar SO question it cannot be done with just JavaScript. Which is good, because it would be a major security risk. You need a small flash object to get the functionality you want.

In any way, this is a duplicate question.

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answered Jan 20 '11 at 08:30

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Its also a question that can be solved with a simple Google query. – Jan 20 '11 at 08:32
Yeah it isn't a javascript thing. Except in IE. Funny this is the only cool part of IE (IE6 does it without question, IE7 alert the user about it). – Ákos Nikházy Jan 20 '11 at 08:59
thanks to answer! But I been reading in ZeroClipboard web page, and I found that with this object not is possible to read the clipboard... Anybody have any other idea? – MiBol Jan 22 '11 at 05:11
@BernardMarx- This isn't a duplicate - the answer you point to is about writing to clipboard, and MiBol's asking about reading from clipboard. – Yarin Nov 10 '11 at 15:49
This is a really, really old question. look at this: http://jsfiddle.net/ARTsinn/Gfw3D/ – Moe Singh Mar 26 '18 at 14:51

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 15 '14 at 19:57

I did a workaround to accomplish the request. Basically I included a TextBox object into my Web Form with the legend "Paste your information [Here]. Using CTRL + V". Then, I read the event pressKey with jQuery (reading CTRL + V combination), then I can read the clipboard data in the TextBox.

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 20 '11 at 08:32

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Does DataDrop – Drag Grid Data in From a Spreadsheet help? It would be drag & drop instead of reading the clipboard, but reading the clipboard is difficult to impossible.

answered Jan 20 '11 at 08:32

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