onpaste event

Fires on the target object when the user pastes data, transferring the data from the system clipboard to the document.

Syntax

HTML Attribute	<element onpaste = "handler(event)">
Event Property	object.onpaste = handler;
attachEvent Method	object.attachEvent("onpaste", handler)
addEventListener Method	object.addEventListener("paste", handler, useCapture)

There are no standards that apply here.

Creating custom code to enable the Paste command requires several steps.

Set the event object IHTMLEventObj::returnValue to FALSE in the HTMLInputTextElementEvents::onbeforepaste event to enable the Paste shortcut menu item.
Cancel the default behavior of the client by setting the event object IHTMLEventObj::returnValue to FALSE in the HTMLInputTextElementEvents::onpaste event handler. This applies only to objects, such as the text box, that have a default behavior defined for them.
Specify a data format in which to paste the selection through the IHTMLDataTransfer::getData method of the clipboardData object.
Invoke the method in the HTMLInputTextElementEvents::onpaste event to execute custom paste code.

Inserts the data from the system clipboard into the specified location on the document.

To invoke this event, do one of the following:

The pEvtObj parameter is required for the following interfaces: