Web/API/InputEvent/dataTransfer

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 editible content.

Syntax

var dataTransfer = inputEvent.dataTransfer

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>

var editable = document.querySelector('p[contenteditable]');
var result = document.querySelector('.result')
var dataTransferObj;

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

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
Input Events Level 2The definition of 'dataTransfer' in that specification.	Working Draft	Initial definition.

Browser Compatibility

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	Desktop						Mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari	Android webview	Chrome for Android	Firefox for Android	Opera for Android	Safari on iOS	Samsung Internet
dataTransfer Experimental'	Chrome Full support 60	Edge Full support 79	Firefox Full support 67	IE No support No	Opera Full support 47	Safari No support No	WebView Android Full support 60	Chrome Android Full support 60	Firefox Android Full support 67	Opera Android Full support 44	Safari iOS No support No	Samsung Internet Android Full support 8.0

Legend

Full support  

Full support

No support  

No support

Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.'

Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.

InputEvent.dataTransfer by Mozilla Contributors is licensed under CC-BY-SA 2.5.