beforecopy

Overview Table

Synchronous	No
Bubbles	No
Target	dom/Element
Cancelable	No
Default action	?

## Examples

This example uses the onbeforecopy event to customize copy behavior.

<HEAD>
<SCRIPT>
var sNewValue = "copy event fired";
var bFired = false;
var sSave = "";
function Source_Beforecopy()
{
  sSave = oSource.innerText;
  bFired = true;
  event.returnValue = false;
}
function Source_Copy()
{
  window.clipboardData.setData("Text", sNewValue);
}
function Target_BeforePaste()
{
  event.returnValue = false;
}
function Target_Paste()
{
  event.returnValue = false;
  oTarget.value = window.clipboardData.getData("Text");
}
</SCRIPT>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<SPAN ID=oSource onbeforecopy="Source_Beforecopy()"
       oncopy="Source_Copy()">copy this text</SPAN>
<INPUT ID=oTarget onbeforepaste="Target_BeforePaste()"
       onpaste="Target_Paste()">
</BODY>

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Notes

Remarks

The onbeforecopy event fires on the source element. Use the setData method to specify a data format for the selection. None. To invoke this event, do one of the following:

Right-click to display the shortcut menu and select Copy.
Or press CTRL+C.

The pEvtObj parameter is required for the following interfaces:

HTMLAnchorEvents2
HTMLAreaEvents2
HTMLButtonElementEvents2
HTMLControlElementEvents2
HTMLDocumentEvents2
HTMLElementEvents2
HTMLFormElementEvents2
HTMLImgEvents2
HTMLFrameSiteEvents2
HTMLInputFileElementEvents2
HTMLInputImageEvents2
HTMLInputTextElementEvents2
HTMLLabelEvents2
HTMLLinkElementEvents2
HTMLMapEvents2
HTMLMarqueeElementEvents2
HTMLObjectElementEvents2
HTMLOptionButtonElementEvents2
HTMLScriptEvents2
HTMLSelectElementEvents2
HTMLStyleElementEvents2
HTMLTableEvents2
HTMLTextContainerEvents2
HTMLWindowEvents2

Syntax

Standards information

There are no standards that apply here.

Event handler parameters

pEvtObj [in]: Type: ****IHTMLEventObj****

Attributions

Microsoft Developer Network: [Windows Internet Explorer API reference Article]