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Clipboard API

This is an experimental technology
Check the Browser compatibility table carefully before using this in production.

The Clipboard API is a modern API providing asynchronous functions and secure context support. This API is designed to supercede clipboard access using document.execCommand()

Clipboard interfaces

Clipboard Secure context: Provides an interface for reading and writing text and data to or from the system clipboard. The specification refers to this as the 'Async Clipboard API.'
ClipboardEvent Secure context: Represents events providing information related to modification of the clipboard, that is cut, copy, and paste events. The specification refers to this as the 'Clipboard Event API'.

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
Clipboard API and events	Working Draft	Initial definition.

Browser Compatibility

Feature	Chrome	Edge	Firefox (Gecko)	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari (WebKit)
`Clipboard`	61	?	?	?	48	?
`ClipboardEvent`	58	(Yes)	(Yes)	4.0	45	(Yes)

Feature	Android Webview	Chrome for Android	Firefox Mobile (Gecko)	Firefox OS	IE Mobile	Opera Mobile	Safari Mobile
`Clipboard`	61	61	?	?	?	48	?
`ClipboardEvent`	58	58	(Yes)	?	4.0	45	(Yes)

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