ClipboardEvent: ClipboardEvent() constructor

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since April 2018.

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The ClipboardEvent() constructor returns a new ClipboardEvent, representing an event providing information related to modification of the clipboard, that is cut, copy, and paste events.

Syntax

new ClipboardEvent(type)
new ClipboardEvent(type, options)

Parameters

type

A string with the name of the type of the ClipboardEvent. It is case-sensitive and browsers set it to copy, cut, or paste.

options Optional

An object that, in addition of the properties defined in Event(), has the following properties:

clipboardData Optional: A DataTransfer object containing the data concerned by the clipboard event. It defaults to null.
dataType Optional: A string containing the MIME-type of the data contained in the data argument. It defaults to "".
data Optional: A string containing the data concerned by the clipboard event. It defaults to "".

Return value

A new ClipboardEvent object.

Specifications

Specification
Clipboard API and events # dom-clipboardevent-clipboardevent

Browser compatibility

	desktop					mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Opera	Safari	Chrome Android	Firefox for Android	Opera Android	Safari on iOS	Samsung Internet	WebView Android	WebView on iOS
`ClipboardEvent()` constructor	Chrome – Full support Chrome 58 (Release date: 2017-04-19) footnote Full support	Edge – Full support Edge 17 (Release date: 2018-04-30) footnote Full support	Firefox – Full support Firefox 22 (Release date: 2013-06-25) footnote Full support	Opera – Full support Opera 45 (Release date: 2017-05-10) footnote Full support	Safari – Full support Safari 10.1 (Release date: 2017-03-27) footnote Full support	Chrome Android – Full support Chrome Android 58 (Release date: 2017-04-25) footnote Full support	Firefox for Android – Full support Firefox for Android 22 (Release date: 2013-06-25) footnote Full support	Opera Android – Full support Opera Android 43 (Release date: 2017-09-27) footnote Full support	Safari on iOS – Full support Safari on iOS 10.3 (Release date: 2017-03-27) footnote Full support	Samsung Internet – Full support Samsung Internet 7 (Release date: 2018-03-16) footnote Full support	WebView Android – Full support WebView Android 58 (Release date: 2017-04-25) footnote Full support	WebView on iOS – Full support WebView on iOS 10.3 (Release date: 2017-03-27) footnote Full support

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