InputEvent: dataTransfer property

The dataTransfer read-only property of the InputEvent interface returns a DataTransfer object containing information about richtext or plaintext data being added to or removed from editable content.

Value

A DataTransfer object.

Examples

In the following simple example we've set up an event listener on the input event so that when any content is pasted into the contenteditable <p> element, its HTML source is retrieved via the InputEvent.dataTransfer.getData() method and reported in the paragraph below the input.

Try copying and pasting some of the content provided to see the effects.

<p><span style="font-weight: bold; color: blue">Whoa, bold blue text!</span></p>
<p>
  <span style="font-style: italic; color: red">Exciting: italic red text!</span>
</p>
<p>Boring normal text ;-(</p>

<hr />

<p contenteditable="true">
  Go on, try pasting some content into this editable paragraph and see what
  happens!
</p>

<p class="result"></p>

const editable = document.querySelector("p[contenteditable]");
const result = document.querySelector(".result");

editable.addEventListener("input", (e) => {
  result.textContent = e.dataTransfer.getData("text/html");
});

Specifications

Specification
Input Events Level 2 # dom-inputevent-datatransfer

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