The copy
event fires when the user initiates a copy action through the browser's user interface.
Bubbles | Yes |
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Cancelable | Yes |
Interface | ClipboardEvent |
Event handler property | oncopy |
The original target for this event is the Element
that was the intended target of the copy action. You can listen for this event on the Window
interface to handle it in the capture or bubbling phases. For full details on this event please see the page on the Element: copy event.
Examples
window.addEventListener('copy', (event) => { console.log('copy action initiated') });
Specifications
Specification | Status |
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Clipboard API and events | Working Draft |
Browser compatibility
The compatibility table on this page is generated from structured data. If you'd like to contribute to the data, please check out https://github.com/mdn/browser-compat-data and send us a pull request.
Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
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copy event | Chrome Full support 58 | Edge Full support ≤18 | Firefox Full support Yes | 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 Yes | Opera Android Full support 43 | Safari iOS ? | 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 ? | Samsung Internet Android Full support 7.0 |
Legend
- Full support
- Full support
- No support
- No support
- Compatibility unknown
- Compatibility unknown