The cut
event is fired when the user has initiated a "cut" action through the browser's user interface.
If the user attempts a cut action on uneditable content, the cut
event still fires but the event object contains no data.
Bubbles | Yes |
Cancelable | Yes |
Interface | ClipboardEvent
|
Event handler property | oncut
|
The event's default action is to copy the current selection (if any) to the system clipboard and remove it from the document.
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 default action using event.preventDefault()
.
Note though that cancelling the default action will also prevent the document from being updated. So an event handler which wants to emulate the default action for "cut" while modifying the clipboard must also manually remove the selection from the document.
The handler cannot read the clipboard data.
It's possible to construct and dispatch a synthetic cut
event, but this will not affect the system clipboard or the document's contents.
Examples
Live example
HTML
<div class="source" contenteditable="true">Try cutting text from this box...</div>
<div class="target" contenteditable="true">...and pasting it into this one</div>
CSS
div.source, div.target {
border: 1px solid gray;
margin: .5rem;
padding: .5rem;
height: 1rem;
background-color: #e9eef1;
}
JS
const source = document.querySelector('div.source');
source.addEventListener('cut', (event) => {
const selection = document.getSelection();
event.clipboardData.setData('text/plain', selection.toString().toUpperCase());
selection.deleteFromDocument();
event.preventDefault();
});
Result
Specifications
Specification | Status |
---|---|
Clipboard API and events | Working Draft |
Browser compatibility
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Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
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cut event
|
Chrome
Full support 58 |
Edge
Full support ≤18 |
Firefox
Full support Yes |
IE
Full support Yes |
Opera
Full support 45 |
Safari
Full support Yes |
WebView Android
Full support 58 |
Chrome Android
Full support 58 |
Firefox Android
Full support Yes |
Opera Android
Full support 43 |
Safari iOS
Full support Yes |
Samsung Internet Android
Full support 7.0 |
clipboardData
|
Chrome
Full support 58 |
Edge
Full support ≤18 |
Firefox
Full support 22 |
IE
No support No |
Opera
Full support 45 |
Safari
Full support Yes |
WebView Android
Full support 58 |
Chrome Android
Full support 58 |
Firefox Android
Full support 22 |
Opera Android
Full support 43 |
Safari iOS
Full support Yes |
Samsung Internet Android
Full support 7.0 |
Legend
- Full support
- Full support
- No support
- No support
See also
Element: cut event by Mozilla Contributors is licensed under CC-BY-SA 2.5.