SVGGraphicsElement: copy event
The copy event fires on SVGGraphicsElements when the user initiates a copy action through the browser's user interface.
The event's default action is to copy the selection (if any) to the clipboard.
A handler for this event can modify the clipboard contents by calling setData(format, data) on the event's ClipboardEvent.clipboardData property, and cancelling the event's default action using event.preventDefault().
However, the handler cannot read the clipboard data.
It's possible to construct and dispatch a synthetic copy event, but this will not affect the system clipboard.
Syntax
Use the event name in methods like addEventListener(), or set an event handler property.
addEventListener("copy", (event) => {});
oncopy = (event) => {};
Event type
Example
HTML
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<svg
viewBox="0 0 100 30"
width="600"
height="320"
xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
<text x="5" y="10" id="text-to-copy">Copy this text</text>
<foreignObject x="5" y="20" width="90" height="20">
<input xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" placeholder="Paste it here" />
</foreignObject>
</svg>
CSS
input {
font-size: 10px;
width: 100%;
height: 90%;
box-sizing: border-box;
border: 1px solid black;
}
JavaScript
document.querySelector("text").addEventListener("copy", (evt) => {
evt.clipboardData.setData(
"text/plain",
document.getSelection().toString().toUpperCase(),
);
evt.preventDefault();
});
Result
Specifications
Browser compatibility
|
Desktop |
Mobile |
|
Chrome |
Edge |
Firefox |
Internet Explorer |
Opera |
Safari |
WebView Android |
Chrome Android |
Firefox for Android |
Opera Android |
Safari on IOS |
Samsung Internet |
copy_event |
1 |
12 |
22 |
9Before Internet Explorer 9, this event is not supported via addEventListener; however, the event handler is supported since IE 5.5. The event can be listened to via element.oncopy.
|
≤12.1 |
3 |
4.4 |
18 |
22 |
≤12.1 |
3 |
1.0 |
See also