HTML
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<html lang="en">
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<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" />
<link
rel="icon"
href="data:image/svg+xml,<svg xmlns=%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22 viewBox=%220 0 100 100%22><text y=%22.9em%22 font-size=%2290%22>🎉</text></svg>"
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<title>How to paste images</title>
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<body>
<h1>How to paste images</h1>
<p>Hit <kbd>⌘</kbd> + <kbd>v</kbd> (for macOS) or <kbd>ctrl</kbd> + <kbd>v</kbd>
(for other operating systems) to paste images anywhere in this page.
</p>
</body>
</html>
CSS
:root {
color-scheme: dark light;
}
html {
box-sizing: border-box;
}
*,
*:before,
*:after {
box-sizing: inherit;
}
body {
margin: 1rem;
font-family: system-ui, sans-serif;
}
button {
display: block;
}
JS
document.addEventListener('paste', async (e) => {
e.preventDefault();
const clipboardItems = typeof navigator?.clipboard?.read === 'function' ? await navigator.clipboard.read() : e.clipboardData.files;
for (const clipboardItem of clipboardItems) {
let blob;
if (clipboardItem.type?.startsWith('image/')) {
// For files from `e.clipboardData.files`.
blob = clipboardItem
// Do something with the blob.
appendImage(blob);
} else {
// For files from `navigator.clipboard.read()`.
const imageTypes = clipboardItem.types?.filter(type => type.startsWith('image/'))
for (const imageType of imageTypes) {
blob = await clipboardItem.getType(imageType);
// Do something with the blob.
appendImage(blob);
}
}
}
});
const appendImage = (blob) => {
const img = document.createElement('img');
img.src = URL.createObjectURL(blob);
document.body.append(img);
};
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Last updated 2023-07-05 UTC.
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