Allow JS-triggered copy/cut with a user gesture

execCommand("copy") and execCommand("cut") should be allowed to modify the system clipboard in the context of a user gesture (the spec uses the language "allowed to show a popup").

Demos

• http://jsbin.com/yanamebope/quiet
• https://github.com/GoogleChrome/samples/tree/gh-pages/cut-and-copy

Documentation

• https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/document.execCommand
• http://updates.html5rocks.com/2015/04/cut-and-copy-commands

Specification

Editor's draft

Status in Chromium

Blink components: Blink

Enabled by default (tracking bug) in:

• Chrome for desktop release 43
• Chrome for Android release 43
• Chrome for iOS release 43
• Android WebView release 43
• Opera release 30
• Opera for Android release 30

Consensus & Standardization

• Firefox: No public signals
• Edge: No public signals
• Safari: No public signals
• Web Developers: Positive

Owner

• dcheng@chromium.org

Last updated on 2017-06-14