Asynchronous Clipboard API

A modern, asynchronous Clipboard API based on Promises. Text-only APIs (clipboard.readText and clipboard.writeText): * Behind a flag in M62 * Enabled by default in M66 Support for images and other data types is still under development.

Demo

• https://googlechrome.github.io/samples/async-clipboard/

Documentation

• https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2018/03/clipboardapi
• https://github.com/w3c/clipboard-apis/blob/master/explainer.adoc

Specification

Editor's draft

Status in Chromium

Blink components: Blink>DataTransfer

Enabled by default (tracking bug) in:

• Chrome for desktop release 66
• Chrome for Android release 66

Consensus & Standardization

• Firefox: Public support
• Edge: Public support
• Safari: Public support
• Web Developers: Positive

Owner

• garykac@chromium.org

Last updated on 2018-03-15