Grab Clipboard data on page load

Question

Im trying to create a script that will grab the users clipboard data on pageload, and show up in a textbox where they can press Submit.

Ive looked all over google and can not find the solution. I was wondering if this is possible?

Answer 1

Afaik it's not possible for security reasons - imagine the case that you just copy-and-pasted some password and a website steals it.

Answer 2

No can do. As previously mentioned, this would be a security nightmare if it was possible!

Answer 3

Reading the clipboard is disabled by default in most browsers (for security reasons). You could try this (jQuery) but it wont work unless the user has clipboard access enabled.

<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function() {
    if(typeof(window.clipboardData)=="undefined") {
      alert("clipboard disabled")
    }
    else {
      $('#text_area").val(window.clipboardData.getData());
    }
});
<script>