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Detecting a context-menu paste in the browser with jquery

I am trying to check the length of the text in a textarea when someone pastes content in there via the right-click but can't seem to find how to do it.

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Gaz Avatar asked Jan 15 '11 23:01

Gaz


1 Answers

$('textarea').bind('paste', function() {
    var that = this;
    setTimeout(function() {
        var length = that.value.length;
        alert(length);    
    }, 0);

});

Live demo: http://jsfiddle.net/4UrE3/1/

Works in Firefox 3.6, Chrome, Safari and IE9 beta. Does not work in Opera.

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Šime Vidas Avatar answered Oct 30 '22 11:10

Šime Vidas