Catch paste input

jquery paste sanitize
Christoffer Winterkvist picture Christoffer Winterkvist · Mar 26, 2009 · Viewed 248.2k times · Source

I'm looking for a way to sanitize input that I paste into the browser, is this possible to do with jQuery?

I've managed to come up with this so far:

$(this).live(pasteEventName, function(e) {
 // this is where i would like to sanitize my input
 return false;
}

Unfortunately my development has come to a screeching hold because of this "minor" issue. I would really make me a happy camper if someone could point me to the right direction.

Answer

Evgeni Dimov picture Evgeni Dimov · Oct 1, 2009

OK, just bumped into the same issue.. I went around the long way

$('input').on('paste', function () {
  var element = this;
  setTimeout(function () {
    var text = $(element).val();
    // do something with text
  }, 100);
});

Just a small timeout till .val() func can get populated.

E.

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