The clipboardchange event fires whenever the system clipboard contents are changed. This allows web-apps like remote desktop clients to be notified and respond to changes to the system clipboard. It provides an efficient alternative to polling the clipboard for changes.
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Title of the proposal
Clipboardchange event API
URL to the spec
https://www.w3.org/TR/clipboard-apis/#clipboard-event-clipboardchange
URL to the spec's repository
https://github.com/w3c/clipboard-apis
Issue Tracker URL
https://issues.chromium.org/issues/41442253
Explainer URL
https://github.com/MicrosoftEdge/MSEdgeExplainers/blob/main/ClipboardAPI/clipboard-change-event-explainer.md
TAG Design Review URL
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Mozilla standards-positions issue URL
https://github.com/mozilla/standards-positions/issues/1115
WebKit Bugzilla URL
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Radar URL
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Description
The clipboardchange event fires whenever the system clipboard contents are changed. This allows web-apps like remote desktop clients to be notified and respond to changes to the system clipboard. It provides an efficient alternative to polling the clipboard for changes.