HTMLElement: cut event

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since March 2017.

The cut event fires when the user initiates a cut action through the browser's user interface.

Syntax

Use the event name in methods like addEventListener(), or set an event handler property.

js
addEventListener("cut", (event) => {});

oncut = (event) => {};

Event type

Event properties

Also inherits properties from its parent Event.

ClipboardEvent.clipboardData Read only

A DataTransfer object containing the data affected by the user-initiated cut, copy, or paste operation, along with its MIME type.

Example

This example allows text to be copied from the <textarea>, but doesn't allow text to be cut. It also logs each copy and cut attempt.

HTML

html
<h3>Play with this text area:</h3>
<textarea id="editor" rows="3">
Try copying and cutting the text in this field!
</textarea>

<h3>Log:</h3>
<p id="log"></p>

JavaScript

js
function logCopy(event) {
  log.innerText = `Copied!\n${log.innerText}`;
}

function preventCut(event) {
  event.preventDefault();
  log.innerText = `Cut blocked!\n${log.innerText}`;
}

const editor = document.getElementById("editor");
const log = document.getElementById("log");

editor.oncopy = logCopy;
editor.oncut = preventCut;

Result

Specifications

Specification
Clipboard API and events
# clipboard-event-cut
HTML
# handler-oncut

Browser compatibility

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desktopmobile
Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
Safari
Chrome Android
Firefox for Android
Opera Android
Safari on iOS
Samsung Internet
WebView Android
WebView on iOS
cut event

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Full support
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