On 2/03/2016 9:28 am, "use-livecode on behalf of Peter TB Brett" <use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com on behalf of peter.br...@livecode.com> wrote:
> > >On 01/03/2016 22:17, Peter TB Brett wrote: >> On 25/02/2016 06:28, Terry Judd wrote: >>> Apologies for hijacking this thread somewhat but Peter could you >>>possibly >>> comment on the likelihood of clipboard support being added to HTML5 in >>> the >>> near (or middle) future. I understand there are potential security >>> concerns around use of the clipboard but it would be good to hear your >>> thoughts on how these might be accommodated (or not). >> >> It basically depends on two things: >> >> 1) A suitable JavaScript API being available in browsers >> (http://caniuse.com/#feat=clipboard). Since I first started looking at >> HTML5 support, this aspect has actually come on leaps and bounds. Using >> the appropriate HTML5 JavaScript API, correctly, should > >Note in particular, from the website I've linked above, that many >browsers won't provide "paste" at all, or won't provide it without a >focussed, editable HTML form text field. These are a the security >considerations I mentioned previously. Thanks for the explanation Peter - in my case I¹m looking to paste a simple report (plain text) into an editable text field on another page, so possible at least. Regards, Terry... _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode