Easy way to upload a screenshot (from clipboard) through a browser form

Question

Hi,

i am pretty sure, that i've seen such a feature on a website somewhere in the web.

i want to give the user a form, where he can input some data and attach the current clipboard content (very likely a screenshot) to the form and then submit it as an image file.

after all, i don't want the user to go through all the hassle: take a screenshot, open his favorite image processing app, paste the screenshot, save it as a file, then go to my form to click a browse button and eventually search for the saved file.

there has to be an easier method, with all the ajax-jquery-web2.0-stuff.

thanks in advance

Answer 1

Jira does this using a signed Java applet. I'd suspect if it were possible to due it in pure JavaScript, that Google Docs would have this feature, which it doesn't.

Answer 2

There is a site called UploadScreenshot that does this (.com). It's pretty cool, although I don't think they let you upload from the clipboard, just full screenshots.

Answer 3

(I can't comment on Chris Beaman's answer, so I'm giving this as a standalone.)

Uploadscreenshot.com does do this, and they use a Java applet to do so. I don't think it's possible via any generic form element that I'm aware of.